Analysis: Sudan’s Bashir empowers old army ally, tightens grip
KHARTOUM/CAIRO (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s appointment of an old military ally as his deputy may shield one of Africa’s longest-serving rulers from risks at home and abroad.
Abu Qatada challenges Jordanian court authority in terrorism trial
AMMAN (Reuters) – Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada told a Jordanian court on Tuesday he was not guilty of terrorism charges and he challenged its authority to try him under the terms of his deportation from Britain.
Croatia considers role in destruction of Syrian chemical weapons
ZAGREB (Reuters) – NATO member Croatia may allow the use of its Adriatic ports to load Syria’s deadly chemicals onto a U.S. ship for destruction offshore, Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh to hang Islamist opposition leader: jail head
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh will hang an Islamist opposition leader within hours, his chief jailer said on Tuesday, heightening the risk of violent protests less than a month before elections are due.
Rights groups demand Egypt probe killings of Mursi supporters
CAIRO (Reuters) – Rights groups urged Egypt’s army-backed government on Tuesday to investigate mass killings of protesters by security forces during the dispersal of Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins in August after Islamist president Mohamed Mursi was depose…
Afghanistan’s Karzai rebuffs U.S. pressure to sign security deal
PARIS (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has criticized what he said was pressure from the United States to accept a security agreement, accusing Washington of behaving like a colonial power.
Suicide bomber kills 11 at Shi’ite funeral in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 11 people and wounded 20 at a Shi’ite Muslim funeral in a city northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said, as Iraqi insurgents pursue a campaign of deadly attacks.
Sikhs jailed for London attack on Indian general
LONDON (Reuters) – Four Sikhs convicted of the revenge stabbing in London of an Indian general who had led a raid on Sikhism’s holiest shrine in India were jailed in Britain on Tuesday, police said.
Turkish MP takes oath after release from jail in coup plot case
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish journalist Mustafa Balbay took his oath of office as a member of parliament on Tuesday after his release from nearly five years in prison on security charges, raising hope among other jailed deputies that they could follow in…
Thai PM urges protesters to take part in election
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Her eyes welling with tears, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pleaded on Tuesday for anti-government protesters to clear the streets after she called a snap election, but protests leaders said she should step down within 24 h…
