Use of UK terror law to detain reporter’s partner ‘a disgrace’
LONDON (Reuters) – British authorities came under pressure on Monday to explain why anti-terrorism powers were used to detain for nine hours the partner of a journalist who has written articles about U.S. and British surveillance programs based on leak…
Mubarak could be freed after Egypt court drops corruption case
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court dropped on Monday a corruption charge against Hosni Mubarak, the president ousted in the 2011 uprising, a ruling his lawyer said would clear the way to his release from jail soon.
Iran may be limiting sensitive nuclear stockpile: diplomats
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran appears to be holding back growth of its most sensitive nuclear stockpile by continuing to convert some of it into reactor fuel, diplomats said on Monday, potentially giving more time for negotiation with world powers.
Analysis: Egyptian crackdown hands al Qaeda new lease on life
LONDON (Reuters) – You would probably have to go back a decade to find a cause with such potential to mobilize jihadis worldwide in a short space of time.
Al Qaeda planning attacks on high-speed trains in Europe: newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) – Al Qaeda is planning attacks on high-speed trains in Europe and the authorities in Germany have stepped up security on the country’s rail system, a German newspaper reported on Monday.
EU governments to discuss arms embargo on Egypt, among other options
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers could discuss the option of imposing an arms embargo on Egypt, when they meet on Wednesday to map out a response to violence in Egypt, a senior EU official said on Monday.
EU foreign ministers to discuss Egypt on Wednesday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss how to pressure Egypt’s army-backed rulers into finding a peaceful compromise with supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi.
India says Pakistan testing its restraint in Kashmir
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – – India said on Monday it was running out of patience with Pakistan army-backed transgressions across disputed Kashmir as cross-border firing spread further north for the first time since the two armies agreed to a ceasefire in 20…
Egypt’s Mubarak will be freed soon, lawyer says
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian president overthrown in an uprising in 2011, will be released from jail soon after a prosecutor cleared him in a corruption case, his lawyer and a judicial source said on Monday.
South Korea targets growing Asian defense market with fighter jets
SACHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea, renowned for making hi-tech consumer devices, cars and ships, now has its sights on exporting fighter jets amid a projected sharp increase in demand for military weapons in Asia over the next decade.
