Russia signals to Syria’s Assad to stay silent on re-election
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian diplomat signaled on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should refrain from statements suggesting he might seek re-election because it could fuel tension before planned peace talks.
Egypt court drops charges against Mubarak’s last PM
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Thursday dropped the last outstanding corruption case against Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, Ahmed Shafik, judicial sources said, possibly clearing the way for him to return from self-imposed exile.
China renews press cards for Bloomberg, several New York Times reporters
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese government has renewed the press accreditations for journalists from Bloomberg News and several New York Times reporters, a journalists’ group said on Thursday.
Egypt’s Brotherhood rejects terrorism charges against Mursi
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Muslim Brotherhood denounced the Egyptian authorities on Thursday for charging former President Mohamed Mursi and other Islamists with terrorism and conspiring with foreign groups, saying the allegations were “risible”.
‘Ghost of Rwanda’ haunts as U.S. envoy visits Central African Republic
BANGUI/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Neighbor turning on Neighbor, villages razed to the ground, hundreds of victims shot or hacked to death with machetes.
Putin says missiles not yet deployed to Kaliningrad region
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin sought to reassure the West about Russia’s military movements on Thursday, saying Moscow had not yet decided whether to deploy Iskander missiles near NATO nations in the western exclave of Kaliningrad.
Putin says Russia had to help ‘brotherly’ Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia had to act to help its “brotherly” neighbor Ukraine out of economic crisis and that Moscow did not oppose Kiev signing a trade pact with Europe as long as it did not harm Russia’s econ…
As Modi storms into India’s election, a quiet alternative emerges
BHOPAL, India (Reuters) – Five months before India’s next elections are due, there is already an air of victory around Narendra Modi as he strides from one jam-packed rally to the next. And yet, a regional leader from his Hindu nationalist fold is quie…
Thai protesters march in bid to oust PM, take aim at U.S.
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Anti-government protesters marched in Bangkok on Thursday in a bid to force Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office but their numbers appeared far smaller than earlier in the month, when she called a snap election to try to d…
Alarm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave
HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) – After Farida’s husband sold their three-year-old daughter to support his drug habit of several years, she took a knife and stabbed him to death in their house in the western Afghan province of Herat.
