Turkey’s Erdogan dismisses speculation over his health
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan dismissed reports he was sick and had been hospitalized in the past week on Thursday and questioned the media’s motives for speculating on his health.
France’s Hollande demands swift end to state of emergency in Egypt
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande summoned Egypt’s ambassador on Thursday, demanding a quick end to the state of emergency imposed by the military authorities and urging the release of prisoners as a first step towards renewing dialo…
U.S. seeks more access in Philippines for temporary military deployments
MANILA (Reuters) – The United States has formally asked for greater access to civilian and military facilities in the Philippines to deploy aircraft, ships, troops and equipment in a first round of talks on a new security deal, Philippine officials sai…
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood to hold new marches
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on Thursday it plans to hold a march in Cairo, one day after security forces mounted a violent crackdown on its members that killed hundreds of people.
Turkish PM calls for U.N. Security Council to convene on Egypt
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called on Thursday for the U.N. Security Council to convene quickly after what he described as a massacre in Egypt and rounded on Western nations for failing to stop the bloodshed.
Death toll from Egypt political violence rises to 421
CAIRO (Reuters) – The death toll from political violence in Egypt has climbed to 421, the health ministry said on Thursday.
German SPD faces shaky future as support for Steinbrueck sags
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) – Peer Steinbrueck, fighting a long-shot battle to oust Chancellor Angela Merkel in September, was determined to get into the cockpit of an empty Lufthansa Boeing 747 so that a pack of photographers could get shots of him at …
Turkish PM calls for U.N. Security Council to convene on Egypt
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called on Thursday for the U.N. Security Council to convene quickly and act after what he described as a massacre in Egypt.
UAE says supports Egypt government’s ‘sovereign measures’
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates has expressed support for the Egyptian government’s crackdown on supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi when authorities forcibly broke up protest camps, killing hundreds of people.
China summons Japanese ambassador over shrine visit
BEIJING (Reuters) – China summoned Japan’s ambassador on Thursday to lodge a strong complaint after two Japanese cabinet ministers publicly paid their respects at a controversial Tokyo shrine for war dead, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
