Five police wounded in Somali bombing by Islamists
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Five policemen were wounded when their vehicle was blown up in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, a police officer said, in an attack claimed by the Islamist militant group al Shabaab.
Japan says faces increasing threats from China, North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan faces increasingly serious threats to its security from an assertive China and an unpredictable North Korea, the defense ministry said in its first annual report since hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office.
UAE foreign minister to arrive in Cairo Tuesday morning
CAIRO (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign minister will arrive in Cairo on Tuesday morning at the head of the most senior foreign delegation to visit Egypt since the military overthrew Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
Junior partner to quit Morocco coalition: party
RABAT (Reuters) – Six ministers from the junior partner in Morocco’s governing coalition will resign on Tuesday because of a cabinet dispute over subsidy reforms and other issues, a spokesman for the conservative Istiqlal party said.
Egypt Nour Party says would accept ex-finance min as interim PM
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Nour Party, the country’s second-biggest Islamist group after the Muslim Brotherhood, said on Tuesday it would accept the choice of former finance minister Samir Radwan as interim prime minister.
Several dead after car bomb hits Hezbollah area of Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Several people were killed and wounded in a car bomb explosion in an area of southern Beirut controlled by the pro-Iranian Shi’ite group Hezbollah on Tuesday, a Reuters reporter on the scene said.
EU hits Russia with first WTO dispute over car levy: diplomats
GENEVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will launch the first trade dispute against Russia at the World Trade Organization later on Tuesday, challenging Moscow’s car recycling levy, diplomats said.
Spanish paper passes on documents alleging ruling party slush fund
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s El Mundo newspaper has delivered to the High Court what it said were original handwritten ledger entries showing payments from an illicit slush fund operated by the ruling People’s Party, the paper said on Tuesday.
UAE delegation to arrive in Egypt soon: source
DUBAI (Reuters) – A ministerial delegation from the United Arab Emirates is due to arrive in Egypt early this week, a source close to the UAE government said on Tuesday.
Corruption worsened in Arab countries since uprisings: poll
DUBAI (Reuters) – Corruption has worsened in most Arab countries since their 2011 revolutions, even though anger with corrupt officials was a major reason for the uprisings, according to a public opinion poll released on Tuesday.
