Austria checks suspected WMD proliferation cases
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria is checking dozens of cases in which foreign countries may have tried to obtain technology that can be used to make weapons of mass destruction, it said on Tuesday.
Egypt bans mosque preachers in crackdown on Islamists
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian authorities will bar 55,000 unlicensed clerics from preaching in mosques in the latest move against sympathizers of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, the minister of religious endowments said on Tuesday.
Syrian PM says Damascus supports Russian initiative
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halki said on Tuesday his country supported a Russian proposal for Damascus to give up chemical weapons to avoid a possible U.S. military strike.
Macedonian truckers block border with Kosovo over trade spat
BLACE, Macedonia (Reuters) – Macedonian truck drivers blocked the main border crossing with Kosovo on Tuesday in a deepening trade row between the Balkan neighbors that is hurting Macedonian producers in one of their biggest markets.
French pension protests cause little disruption, trains run
PARIS (Reuters) – French trade union strikes against pension reforms won only limited support on Tuesday, with most trains running in a sign President Francois Hollande’s modest proposals were unlikely to stir broad opposition.
Britain wants evidence proposal for Syrian weapons is not delaying tactic
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain wants evidence to show that a Russian-backed proposal for putting President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons under international control is not a delaying tactic, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond told Reuters on Tuesday.
UK’s Cameron: Syria, Russia must show chemical arms proposal is genuine
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron wants Russia and Syria to demonstrate that a Moscow-backed proposal for President Bashar al-Assad to put his chemical weapons under international control is genuine, Cameron’s spokesman said on Tu…
Four face death for ‘cold-blooded’ murder of Delhi gang rape victim
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Four men were convicted on Tuesday of the “cold-blooded” murder of a woman who was raped and tortured on a bus in New Delhi, a crime that shook India and forced the country to confront sexual violence in a society undergoing wrenc…
Guinea opposition threatens election boycott over voter lists
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea’s opposition parties threatened to call street protests and boycott legislative elections later this month if the country’s elections commission fails to publish voter lists within 72 hours, an opposition spokesman said.
Pakistan to free former Taliban second in command this month
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan will release former Afghan Taliban second-in-command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, as soon as this month to help advance peace efforts in neighboring Afghanistan, Pakistan’s foreign policy chief said on Tuesday.
