Keita given strong mandate for reform in Mali vote
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won Mali’s presidential runoff with 78 percent of the vote, the government said on Thursday, giving him a strong mandate to seek peace with northern separatists and for sweeping reforms to the army after a mili…
Muslim Brotherhood storm government building in Cairo: state TV
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hundreds of supporters of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood stormed a government building in Cairo and set a fire at its entrance despite a crackdown on the movement by security forces, state TV and witnesses said.
Tunisia Islamist chief rejects demand for neutral government
TUNIS (Reuters) – The chairman of Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party rejected opposition demands for a non-party government on Thursday and said the experience of Egypt should prompt parties to engage in more dialogue to resolve the country’s crisis.
France’s Hollande demands end to Egypt state of emergency
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…
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood march in Alexandria
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters marched on Thursday in Egypt’s second biggest city of Alexandria to protest the violent breakup of their sit-ins in Cairo that prompted nationwide violence in which hundreds of people were kil…
Indian divers struggle to find victims of blasts on submarine
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – – Divers struggled in poor visibility inside an Indian navy submarine on Thursday to find 18 sailors who were inside the vessel when some of its weapons detonated and a fire swept through it as it lay berthed in a Mumbai base.
Japanese visits to shrine on war anniversary anger China
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s prime minister sent an offering to a shrine for war dead on Thursday, the anniversary of Japan’s World War Two defeat, while cabinet members visited it in person, drawing harsh complaints from China and South Korea, and puttin…
Detention of Egypt’s Mursi extended for 30 days
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian judicial authorities have extended deposed President Mohamed Mursi’s detention period for 30 days, the state news agency said on Thursday.
Death toll from political violence in Egypt rises to 525
CAIRO (Reuters) – The death toll from nationwide political violence in Egypt has climbed to 525, the health ministry said on Thursday.
Around 250 bodies held at Cairo mosque after violence
CAIRO (Reuters) – The bodies of close to 250 people killed in Egypt’s political violence are being held at a mosque in northeast Cairo, witnesses said, indicating the death toll may be higher than the official countrywide total of 460.
