Analysis: Putin gambles by taking down Dagestan strongman
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A commando raid to detain the man who ran Russia’s most violent big city is one of the boldest gambles in years by President Vladimir Putin to assert control over Dagestan, a region spiraling into organized crime and Islamist insurge…
Congo Republic suspends four independent newspapers
BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – Congo Republic has suspended several independent newspapers for offences including reprinting an article linking President Denis Sassou Nguesso to the assassination of military ruler Marien Ngouabi in 1977.
NATO to decide post-2014 force after Afghan fighting season
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO is likely to wait until after this year’s fighting season in Afghanistan before deciding the size of the international military force that will remain behind after 2014 to train and assist Afghan troops, a U.S. general said on…
Mali wants Sahel nations to do more about Islamist threat
PARIS (Reuters) – Mali’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that nations in the Sahara were not doing enough to stop an Islamist threat spreading across the region and urged more intelligence-sharing and joint military operations.
U.S. blacklists global network of Iranian ‘front’ companies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A global network of private companies were blacklisted by the United States on Tuesday for providing revenue to the Iranian government and helping Tehran evade international sanctions on its nuclear program, the U.S. Treasury Dep…
UK artist Ovenden gets suspended sentence for child sex crimes
LONDON (Reuters) – British artist Graham Ovenden was given a 12-month suspended jail sentence on Tuesday after being found guilty of a string of sex offences against child models.
Egypt sentences 43, including Americans, in NGO case
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court gave jail terms to 43 Americans, Europeans, Egyptians and other Arabs on Tuesday in a case against democracy promotion groups that plunged U.S.-Egyptian ties into their worst crisis in decades.
Far-right Greeks push for law jailing illegal immigrants
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party hit back at plans for an anti-racism law on Tuesday by submitting its own draft bill to fight “racism against Greeks” by jailing all illegal immigrants.
Germany signals it will stick with NATO drone plan
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany will stick to its commitment to help fund NATO drones, despite cancelling a plan to buy its own unmanned reconnaissance planes, its defense minister signaled on Tuesday.
Equatorial Guinea opposition cries foul after leader’s party sweeps vote
DAKAR (Reuters) – Equatorial Guinea’s main opposition movement cried foul on Tuesday after the president’s party announced it had won all but two seats in last month’s parliamentary election in the tiny oil-rich West African state.
