Princess Fawzia, Shah’s first wife, dies in Egypt
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Princess Fawzia Fuad, a daughter and sister of Egyptian kings and the first wife of the last Shah of Iran, died on Tuesday in Alexandria, a member of the former royal family and a senior local police officer said.
UAE Islamist group had no desire to topple government: families
DUBAI (Reuters) – With a small, wealthy local population, the United Arab Emirates seemed immune to both Islamist militancy and revolts of the Arab Spring. So when it said it had exposed a “secret organization” plotting to depose the ruling sheikhs, as…
Turkish Jews worried after politician links diaspora to protests
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish deputy prime minister linked the “Jewish diaspora” to recent anti-government unrest, drawing condemnation from world Jewish leaders on Tuesday and concern among Turkey’s Jews the comments could make them targets of popula…
Trucks pile up at border of new EU member Croatia
BATROVCI, Serbia (Reuters) – A day after Croatia joined the European Union, a glitch in its EU-standard customs software caused huge delays at the border with Serbia, the bloc’s new external frontier.
Russian tycoon Lebedev avoids jail over TV brawl
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev was ordered on Tuesday to do 150 hours of community service but avoided a jail sentence after being convicted of battery for punching a rival during a television talk show.
Insight: Smooth Qatar handover rooted in turbulent past of ‘Father Emir’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar’s outgoing emir wanted to abdicate while he was still able to help his 33-year-old heir consolidate his authority, so ensuring minimal discord inside a family with a long record of palace intrigue.
Protesters angered by rape, storm police HQ in Ukrainian town
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president ordered a top-level inquiry on Tuesday after a night of violence in a small southern town in which people angered by the rape of a local woman in which they said police were involved attacked a police headquarters w…
Syrian rebels threaten to target Shi’ite villages in Aleppo
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels in the northern province of Aleppo on Monday threatened to seize two Shi’ite Muslim villages that back President Bashar al-Assad unless they surrendered to the opposition.
Indonesia assembly bill raises fears of crackdown on freedoms
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament passed a bill on Tuesday curbing freedom to organize and assemble, prompting street protests and raising concerns among religious groups and labor unions that it will allow the government to silence opposition…
Czech PM Rusnok expects cabinet appointed next Wednesday
PRAGUE (Reuters) – New Czech Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok said on Tuesday he expected his full cabinet to be appointed by President Milos Zeman on Wednesday next week.
