Egyptian Christians fear chaos after wedding bloodshed
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian Coptic Christians joyfully waited outside the Virgin Church in Cairo for the bride to arrive to join the groom for their wedding.
Sierra Leone editor arrested for comparing president to rat
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone police have arrested a newspaper editor and another journalist for publishing an article comparing President Ernest Bai Koroma to a rat, officials said on Monday, stirring concern over press freedom in the West African…
Myanmar must change constitution to stay on reform path: Suu Kyi
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi urged Europe and the United States on Monday to press Myanmar to reform what she said was an undemocratic constitution, partly because it effectively bars women from running for president…
Ukrainian racist murdered Muslim, planted mosque bombs in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – A self-confessed racist Ukrainian student studying in Britain pleaded guilty on Monday to murdering an elderly Muslim man and planting explosive devices outside mosques in central England as part of a one-man hate campaign.
Migrant disaster survivors protest at exclusion from funeral ceremony
ROME (Reuters) – More than 100 survivors of a shipwreck in which hundreds of African immigrants died burst through the gates of a holding center on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Monday in a protest against the refusal of authorities to allow them …
Merkel backs away from debt goal before coalition talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s conservatives have backed away from a campaign pledge to use future budget surpluses to pay down German debt, as they search for new sources of revenue to fund billions of euros in investments sought by their likely c…
Japan eyes review of arms export ban
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan plans to review its self-imposed ban on weapons exports as it seeks to play a more active role in maintaining global peace, according to a draft of the country’s new security strategy, a proposal that could unnerve China and Sou…
Netanyahu’s mission: to head off Iran sanctions relief
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday will seek to dim the optimism after nuclear talks with Iran, cautioning that Tehran is strengthening its strategic regional position by calling the shots in Syria as President Bashar al-Ass…
Student protests at Egypt’s al-Azhar challenge army
CAIRO (Reuters) – Thousands of students from Egypt’s al-Azhar University staged a third day of protests on Monday, in one of the boldest challenges to the army since it toppled Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July.
Italian unions to strike over coalition budget compromise
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s three main trade union confederations will hold strikes and protests against the government’s 2014 budget plan, they said on Monday, piling more pressure on Enrico Letta’s fragile coalition government.
