Nine militants killed in U.S. drone, Pakistan air force strikes
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least nine suspected militants, including two foreigners, were killed in Pakistan’s lawless tribal region in a U.S. drone strike and a separate Pakistan military operation, security officials said on Sunday.
Pakistan Taliban set up camps in Syria, join anti-Assad war
ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – The Pakistani Taliban have set up camps and sent hundreds of men to Syria to fight alongside rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, militants said on Sunday, in a strategy aimed at cementing ties with al Q…
Former Egyptian ambassador to U.S. named foreign minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – Nabil Fahmy, a former Egyptian ambassador to the United States, accepted the post of foreign minister on Sunday in the interim government being put in place after the removal of president Mohamed Mursi earlier this month.
Kuwait court rejects election challenge, confirms July 27 vote
KUWAIT (Reuters) – A Kuwaiti administrative court threw out on Sunday legal challenges to a parliamentary election set for July 27, a judicial source and an elections candidate said, effectively paving the way for the vote to proceed on time.
Zimbabwe police, soldiers cast early votes contested by PM
HARARE (Reuters) – Police officers and soldiers who will be on duty during Zimbabwe’s July 31 election began voting on Sunday, the eve of a court hearing to stop the process because Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party says police numbers were …
Ex-Supply Minister says he declined post in Egypt’s new cabinet
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Leftist politician Godah Abdel Khalek said on Sunday he declined an offer to return to the post of minister of supply in Egypt’s interim government, citing personal reasons.
Insight: Nigeria Islamists hit schools to destroy Western ideas
MAMUDO, Nigeria (Reuters) – They crept up to the school under cover of darkness, armed with petrol and automatic weapons.
Exclusive: Kenyan peacekeepers aided illegal Somalia charcoal export – U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A confidential report by U.N. monitors accuses Kenyan soldiers in the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia of facilitating illegal charcoal exports from the port city of Kismayu, a business that generates millions of d…
Eighteen killed in Moscow bus crash
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Eighteen people were killed and 25 injured when a truck ploughed into a bus in a Moscow suburb on Saturday, according to the Russian emergency ministry.
Turkish police fire tear gas at Istanbul protesters
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police fired water cannon and tear gas on Saturday to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered to march to Gezi Park, which has been at the heart of fierce unrest against Prime Minister Erdogan’s rule.
