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.
Hezbollah says it struck Israeli troops in Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah claimed responsibility on Wednesday for explosions which wounded four Israeli soldiers who infiltrated into southern Lebanon last week.
U.S. condemns killings of Egypt protesters, Turkey wants U.N. action
(Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday condemned a bloody government crackdown on protesters in Egypt that killed at least 149 people and Turkey urged the U.N. Security Council and Arab League to act quickly to stop a “massacre”.
