Egypt’s Mubarak will be freed soon, lawyer says
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president overthrown in an uprising in 2011, will be released from jail soon after a prosecutor cleared him in a corruption case, his lawyer and a judicial source said on Monday.
South Korea targets growing Asian defense market with fighter jets
SACHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea, renowned for making hi-tech consumer devices, cars and ships, now has its sights on exporting fighter jets amid a projected sharp increase in demand for military weapons in Asia over the next decade.
Ex-CIA official to ask Italy for pardon over rendition: lawyer
ROME (Reuters) – Former CIA Milan station chief Robert Seldon Lady is to ask Italy’s president to pardon him for kidnapping an Egyptian Muslim cleric under the U.S. “extraordinary rendition” program, his lawyer was quoted as saying on Monday.
Italian priest missing in Syria may be alive: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Italian Jesuit priest who disappeared last month in eastern Syria may still be alive, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday, almost a week after it said he had been killed by al Qaeda-linked rebels.
Booming Gibraltar fears new era of sour relations with Spain
GIBRALTAR (Reuters) – The people of tiny Gibraltar – a wealthy British enclave perched on a rocky outcrop near Spain’s southern tip – have a tradition of griping about their big neighbor, which claims the territory as its own.
Kuwait to deport nine Egyptians over protest against Cairo crackdown: source
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait plans to deport nine Egyptians who demonstrated against the Egyptian army crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood that has killed hundreds of people, a security source said on Monday.
Kurdish militants in war of words with Turkey over withdrawal
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Kurdish militant group said on Monday it was keeping its side of the bargain in a peace process with Turkey to end a 29-year-old insurgency, rejecting Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s accusation it had failed to withdraw most of i…
Lawyer expects Egypt’s Mubarak to be freed this week
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president overthrown in an uprising in 2011, will be released from jail in the next 48 hours after a prosecutor cleared him in a corruption case, his lawyer Fareed El-Deeb told Reuters on Monday.
Philippines’ Cebu declares calamity as sunken ferry leaks oil in pristine waters
CORDOVA, Philippines (Reuters) – The central Philippine province of Cebu, famous among divers around the world for its clear waters and coral reefs, declared a state of calamity on Monday as an oil slick from a ferry that sank late last week spread to …
More than 20,000 Syrian refugees cross into Iraq: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 20,000 Syrian refugees have entered northern Iraq since Thursday in one of the largest crossings in the more than two-year-old conflict and the influx is continuing, the United Nations said on Monday.
