Brotherhood leader arrested, Egypt’s Islamists call protests
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces arrested the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday, security sources said, in a crackdown against the Islamist movement after the army ousted the country’s first democratically elected president.
African Union likely to suspend Egypt after army deposes president
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union is likely to suspend Egypt after what it called the “unconstitutional” removal of President Mohamed Mursi by the army, AU officials said on Thursday.
Egypt foreign minister to Kerry: no “military coup”
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr said he assured U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in a telephone call on Thursday that the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi had not been a military coup.
‘Mandela vs. Mandela’ family feud sinks to soap opera
MTHATHA, South Africa (Reuters) – A feud between factions of Nelson Mandela’s family descended into soap opera farce on Thursday when his grandson and heir, Mandla, accused relatives of adultery and milking the fame of the revered anti-apartheid leader…
Russia urges North Korea to help enable new international talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia urged North Korea on Thursday to help pave the way for a resumption of international talks and told Pyongyang that ending the standoff over its nuclear program would bring economic benefits.
U.N. seeks $1 billion to feed Sahel, says Syria distracting
DAKAR (Reuters) – The United Nations appealed on Wednesday for more than $1 billion to help feed 11 million people at risk across Africa’s arid Sahel belt, warning that the crisis in Syria was distracting donors from the humanitarian situation there.
Tunisian rulers bemoan Egypt’s “coup against legitimacy”
TUNIS (Reuters) – The Islamist-led government of Tunisia, birthplace of the Arab Spring popular uprisings, on Thursday criticized the Egyptian army’s removal of elected president Mohamed Mursi as “a coup against legitimacy” and urged Cairo to guarantee…
Russia increasingly impatient over Snowden’s airport stay
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Edward Snowden should find another country to seek refuge in, a Russian official said on Thursday, signaling Moscow’s growing impatience over the former U.S. spy agency contractor’s stay at a Moscow airport.
Aid worker killed in fighting in biggest city in Darfur
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A gunfight broke out between security forces on Thursday in the biggest city of Sudan’s strife-torn Darfur region, officials and witnesses said, killing one aid worker and prompting authorities to impose a curfew.
Russia’s Putin urges moderate changes in NGO ‘foreign agent’ law
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a law branding some non-governmental organizations “foreign agents” should be changed to prevent harassment of groups that are not involved in politics.
