U.S.-Afghan security pact hits impasse as time runs out
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has rejected a provision of a U.S.-Afghan security pact, putting the entire deal in jeopardy just days before the country’s elite gather to debate it, a senior Afghan official and a Western diplomat said….
Putin accused of Soviet tactics in drafting new history book
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A call by President Vladimir Putin for a new textbook that reconciles differences over Russia’s past has left him facing accusations of copying Soviet leaders by rewriting history for political ends.
Danish PM’s party rebound fuels speculation of early election
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The Danish prime minister’s Social Democratic Party edged ahead of its main rival for the first time in two years in a poll released on Monday, fuelling media speculation of an early election.
Iranian dissidents say Iran has built secret new nuclear site
PARIS (Reuters) – An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Monday it had information about an underground nuclear site being built in Iran and that this was among a number of secret venues for an atomic bomb program.
Sectarian violence spreads in Pakistan after days of unrest
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Sectarian violence spread in Pakistan on Monday after clashes between minority Shi’ite and majority Sunni Muslims near the capital Islamabad prompted the government to impose a curfew and block mobile phone servic…
Pakistan wants to try former dictator Musharraf for treason
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan moved on Monday to put former military dictator Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason for suspending the constitution and declaring a state of emergency while he was in power.
Philippines’ Aquino ‘tempted to despair’ at typhoon toll
MANILA (Reuters) – The United Nations expressed fear on Monday that some Philippine islands hit by a giant typhoon have not been reached 10 days after disaster struck and President Benigno Aquino said the scale of suffering “tempted him to despair”.
Guinea clashes kill one, injure nine after journalist says targeted
CONAKRY (Reuters) – One person was killed and nine others injured during clashes in Guinea’s capital after a journalist critical of President Alpha Conde said he had been targeted for assassination, a government statement said.
Insight: Tunisia Islamists seek jihad in Syria with one eye on home
ZARGHOUAN, Tunisia (Reuters) – Aymen Saadi’s brief call to jihad began with dreams of fighting for an Islamic state in Syria and ended with a botched suicide bombing attempt in a crowd of foreign tourists in Tunisia.
“Alarming exploitation” of workers in Qatar: Amnesty
(Reuters) – Qatar’s construction industry is rife with abuse of migrant workers who are “treated like cattle” and live in squalid accommodation, Amnesty International said on Sunday, calling on world soccer’s governing body to help address the situatio…
