Georgia arrests two after truck search yields record heroin find
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgian police have arrested two foreigners after finding 116 kg (255 lbs) of heroin in a truck, the country’s biggest seizure of illegal drugs, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
Egypt is ‘stable’, head of army tells Saudi king
LONDON (Reuters) – Egypt’s armed forces chief told Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Friday that the situation in Egypt was “stable”, the Saudi state news agency said, as Islamists demonstrated across the country against the military’s overthrow of Presi…
Ukraine opposition wants Tymoshenko freed for treatment
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s opposition parties on Friday pressed President Viktor Yanukovich to release jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko for medical treatment in Germany, saying this would be likely to secure the signing of key agreements with …
Troops, Mursi supporters clash in Sinai, Suez cities
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian troops and Islamist supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi clashed in three cities on Friday – El-Arish in North Sinai and Suez and Ismailia on the Suez Canal – witnesses and security sources said.
Gunfire kills three pro-Mursi supporters in Cairo: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least three demonstrators were shot dead outside the Republican Guard barracks in Cairo where deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi is being held, security sources said.
Egypt army did not fire on pro-Mursi protesters: spokesman
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian troops did not open fire on supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi on Friday, an army spokesman said, after security sources said three demonstrators were shot dead by security forces in a protest near where Mursi is be…
Facing jail, protest leader Navalny condemns Putin’s Russia
KIROV, Russia (Reuters) – Protest leader Alexei Navalny said on Friday he would destroy the political system under President Vladimir Putin that was “sucking the blood out of Russia”, after state prosecutors demanded he be jailed for six years on theft…
Egyptian forces shoot three dead near where Mursi held: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least three demonstrators were shot dead by Egyptian security forces on Friday outside the Republican Guard barracks in Cairo where deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi is being held, security sources said.
Egypt Islamists hit by gunfire near where Mursi held
CAIRO (Reuters) – Several Islamist supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi were wounded by gunfire on Friday as a crowd of several hundred tried to march towards the military barracks where he is held.
Northern Irish communities hold talks to avert parade riots
BELFAST (Reuters) – The two sides of Northern Ireland’s sectarian divide are holding talks in advance of the Protestants’ annual parades for the first time in an effort to avert riots, officials said on Friday.
