Muslim Brotherhood says at least 23 killed in Cairo attack
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Muslim Brotherhood said at least 23 people were killed on Saturday when the security forces attacked a protest by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi in Cairo.
China state media says 18 more detained in GSK probe
BEIJING (Reuters) – At least 18 more people have been detained in China in connection with a corruption scandal involving British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, state media reported, giving more details on a probe which has rocked the company.
Tunisian dies in violent protests in southern city of Gafsa
TUNIS (Reuters) – One man was killed on Saturday in violent protests in the southern city of Gafsa, two days after the assassination of a secular opposition figure.
Syria rebels meet U.N. Security Council, urge Russia to end Assad support
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Syrian rebel leaders met with the U.N. Security Council for the first time on Friday to discuss the country’s two-year war and appealed to Russia to stop its powerful political and military support for Syrian President Bashar…
Breaking taboo, Mexico government aims to tax food, medicine
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico plans to boost its tax coffers by an extra $50 billion a year with an overhaul that aims to extend sales tax coverage, close tax loopholes and could impose charges on capital gains.
Violence deepens Egypt turmoil, deposed leader probed for murder
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed and hundreds wounded in scattered violence across Egypt during mass rallies for and against the army’s overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, who was placed under investigation for murder.
Pope, in Brazil, asks young to change unfair, corrupt world
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Pope Francis urged young people on Friday to change a world where food is discarded while millions go hungry, where racism and violence still affront human dignity and where politics is more associated with corruption than se…
U.S. intends to send two Guantanamo detainees to Algeria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration said on Friday it plans to repatriate two inmates to Algeria from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, resuming the transfer of detainees from the controversial prison for the first time in nearl…
Tired of revolving door parliaments, Kuwaitis vote, again
KUWAIT (Reuters) – A boycott by some opposition Islamists may help liberals and independents in Kuwait’s election on Saturday, but there are signs that voters are flagging as they go to the polls for the sixth time in seven years.
Libyan activist shot dead in Benghazi
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Gunmen killed a lawyer and prominent Libyan political activist as well as two military officials in separate attacks in the eastern city of Benghazi on Friday, security officials said.
