Growing number of U.S. lawmakers urge suspension of Egyptian aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A growing bipartisan chorus of U.S. lawmakers said on Sunday that the United States should suspend its $1.5 billion in military and economic aid to Egypt following a violent crackdown on protesters that has left nearly 800 dead.
Insight: Egypt seen as graveyard of Islamist ambitions for power
BEIRUT (Reuters) – As the army ruthlessly crushes the Muslim Brotherhood on the streets of Cairo, having swept away its elected president, Egypt is being painted as the graveyard of the Arab Spring and of Islamist hopes of shaping the region’s future.
Egypt government says 79 people died in violence Saturday: report
CAIRO (Reuters) – Seventy-nine people died across Egypt on Saturday during political violence and 549 were wounded, the state news agency MENA said on Sunday, quoting government figures.
Fracking protesters march in British rural idyll
BALCOMBE (Reuters) – British opposition to shale gas extraction flared up in the tiny village of Balcombe on Sunday as hundreds marched on an oil exploration site in protest at the drilling process known as ‘fracking’.
Libyan interior minister resigns over ‘interference’
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s Interior Minister Mohammed Khalifa al-Sheikh stepped down on Sunday in protest against what he saw as interference in his work by the prime minister and parliament, a lawmaker said.
Russia readies tighter customs if Ukraine signs EU deal: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is preparing tighter customs controls with Ukraine in case Kiev makes the “suicidal” move of signing an association agreement with the European Union, an aide to President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Spain fishermen protest artificial reef in Gibraltar
GIBRALTAR (Reuters) – Spanish fishermen protested against the creation of an artificial reef in the bay of Gibraltar on Sunday and claimed the territory’s authorities were blocking their access to the waters in the latest focus of tensions between Spai…
After deadly ferry disaster, Philippines asks what went wrong
TALISAY, Philippines (Reuters) – As rescuers plucked more bodies from the sea after a Philippine ferry and a cargo ship collided late last week, killing at least 38 people, a vexing but familiar question faces a country plagued by an abysmal record in …
Booming Gibraltar fears new era of sour relations with Spain
GIBRALTAR (Reuters) – The people of tiny Gibraltar – a wealthy British enclave perched on a rocky outcrop near Spain’s southern tip – have a tradition of griping about their big neighbor, which claims the territory as its own.
North Korea accepts South’s proposal to resume war-torn family reunions
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Sunday it had accepted a South Korean offer to hold working-level talks on resuming reunions of families separated by the Korean War, three days after an overture by South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
