Syria’s Assad says only foreign invasion can threaten him
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he and his government would survive the civil war having endured everything his opponents could do to topple him and only the distant prospect of direct foreign military intervention could change…
EU not planning to rethink Egypt aid programs
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A European Union official said on Thursday he did not know of any plans for the bloc to change its aid programs for Egypt after the army ousted President Mohamed Mursi.
Egypt prosecutor orders arrest of top Brotherhood leader
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian prosecutor’s office ordered on Thursday the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood’s top leader, Mohamed Badie, and his deputy Khairat el-Shater, judicial and army sources said, after the military overthrew President Mohamed Mu…
Japan says building nuclear safety culture will take a long time
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s nuclear regulator said on Thursday that elevating safety culture to international standards will “take a long time”, days before new rules come into effect to avoid a repeat of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011.
Arrested Vatican prelate lived lush life in hometown
SALERNO, Italy (Reuters) – Even though he was known to like to live well, police said they were startled when they entered Monsignor Nunzio Scarano’s apartment after he called them one night in January to report a burglary.
Egypt liberals, leftists rejects exclusion of Islamists
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s main alliance of liberal and leftist parties said on Thursday it opposed excluding any Islamist parties from political life after the military-backed authorities arrested Muslim Brotherhood leaders and shut down Islamist-run m…
Obama, Merkel agree to talks on U.S. surveillance program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sought to allay concerns from German Chancellor Angela Merkel about reported U.S. spying on European allies on Wednesday, and they agreed to hold a high-level meeting on the subject in coming days.
Egypt’s military stages fly pasts over Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s air force staged several fly pasts in a smoggy Cairo sky on Thursday minutes before the country’s interim leader was sworn in, in a vivid reminder of the military’s role in ousting Mohamed Mursi as head of state.
Egypt’s new president says Brotherhood ‘part of nation’: report
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s new head of state said the Muslim Brotherhood were part of the people and were welcome to help “build the nation” a day after the military overthrew president Mohamed Mursi, the website of the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper repo…
British surveillance firm denies bugging Ecuador’s embassy
LONDON (Reuters) – A British private surveillance company denied on Thursday that it had bugged the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been living for over a year.
