Thirty killed in heavy fighting in Syrian mountains
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels battled forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in the Jabal Akrad mountains overlooking the Mediterranean on Sunday and a monitoring group said at least 30 people were killed.
Two soldiers, militant killed in Tunisia turmoil
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian police shot dead an Islamist militant in Tunis and two soldiers were killed in a blast near the Algerian border on Sunday, as the government grappled with growing security and political crises.
Egypt mediation gathers pace but Brotherhood leaders face trial
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-installed government said on Sunday it would give mediation a chance to resolve the crisis brought on by the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, but warned that time was limited.
U.S. extends embassy closings, lawmakers say threat serious
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States extended embassy closures by a week in the Middle East and Africa as a precaution on Sunday after an al Qaeda threat that U.S. lawmakers said was the most serious in years.
Moroccan king revokes pardon of Spanish pedophile
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco’s king on Sunday revoked his pardon of a Spanish pedophile, after hundreds rioted in front of parliament on Friday to protest the decision.
Turkish court to announce verdicts in Ergenekon conspiracy case
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court will pass judgment on Monday on nearly 300 defendants accused of plotting to topple the government in a battleground case in the decade-long conflict between Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey’s secularist est…
Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize winner barred from entering Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities barred Yemeni Nobel Peace laureate Tawakul Karman – a supporter of deposed president Mohamed Mursi – from entering the country on Sunday and put her on a flight back to Dubai, security sources said.
Whistleblowers pay price even as China vows to fight corruption
HUIZHOU, China (Reuters) – Chinese bloggers trying to expose corruption say they are coming under increasing physical and verbal attack over their reports, in what anti-graft activists describe as another blow to efforts to make Chinese officials more …
Spain studies measures to pressure Gibraltar
MADRID/GIBRALTAR (Reuters) – Spain is studying retaliatory measures against the British territory of Gibraltar in an escalating dispute over fishing grounds, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said in an interview published on Sunday….
U.S. extends closure of some embassies through August 10
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States extended the closures of some embassies and consulates in the Middle East – which had been closed Sunday due to an al Qaeda threat – through August 10 due to caution but not the emergence of any new threat, the …
