Roadside bombs kill 14 north of Baghdad: police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Twin roadside bombs exploded in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 26, police said, the latest in a wave of summer attacks close to the capital Baghdad.
Egypt’s interior minister promises Mubarak-era security
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s interior minister pledged on Wednesday to restore the kind of security seen in the days of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, a sign of renewed confidence permeating a police force whose reputation for brutality fuelled the 2011 …
Exclusive – West warned Egypt’s Sisi to the end: don’t do it
PARIS (Reuters) – Western allies warned Egypt’s military leaders right up to the last minute against using force to crush protest sit-ins by supporters of the ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, arguing they could ill afford the political and econ…
Nigeria says army killed Boko Haram’s second-in-command
MAIDUGURI/YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian soldiers have killed the second-in-command of the Islamist sect Boko Haram, an insurgency that has caused the deaths of thousands in the last three years, the defense ministry said on Wednesday.
U.S. aid policy on Egypt still under review -State Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States’ aid policy on Egypt is still under review, the State Department said on Wednesday, following a violent crackdown by Egyptian security forces that killed at least 149 people.
EU condemns Egypt violence, urges end to state of emergency
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton strongly condemned violence in Egypt that claimed scores of lives on Wednesday and urged the interim government to end a state of emergency as soon as possible.
Police fire teargas, birdshot at Bahrain demonstrators
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahraini police fired teargas and birdshot to disperse scattered protests across the country on Wednesday, as Shi’ite Muslims responded to a call by online activists for pro-democracy demonstrations.
Egypt will not allow any more sit-ins: minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces will not allow any more sit-ins anywhere in the country, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said on Wednesday, after the police broke up two Cairo protest camps set up by supporters of deposed President Mohamed…
Egypt says 43 policemen killed in clashes
CAIRO (Reuters) – Forty-three members of Egypt’s police force were killed on Wednesday in clashes with supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, the interior minister said.
Egypt interim PM defends crackdown on Mursi supporters
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-backed interim prime minister defended the government’s decision on Wednesday to order the crushing of camps of supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi, saying the authorities had no choice but to act.
