African Union likely to suspend Egypt after army overthrow
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union is likely to suspend Egypt from all its activities after the Egyptian military suspended the constitution and overthrew the elected president, Mohamed Mursi, a senior AU source said on Thursday.
Qatar says supports will of the Egyptian people – al Jazeera TV
DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar supports the will of the Egyptian people and views Egypt as a leader in the Arab and Islamic world, al Jazeera television reported, quoting a foreign ministry source in the first Qatari reaction to the ousting of President Moham…
Turkey says Mursi’s removal in Egypt an unacceptable ‘coup’
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday described as “unacceptable” the army’s ousting of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, an intervention he labeled a “military coup”.
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.
