Syria denies reports of chemical weapons use near Damascus: TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria denied reports on Wednesday that chemical weapons had been used in an attack on the eastern suburbs of Damascus which activists said killed more than 200 people.
Egypt Embassy in Bangladesh partly closes after bomb threat
DHAKA (Reuters) – The Egyptian Embassy in Bangladesh closed its consular section until the end of the month on Wednesday after receiving a bomb threat in protest against the killing of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, police and embassy o…
Analysis: Succession, health doubts loom over new Mugabe term in Zimbabwe
HARARE (Reuters) – When Zimbabwe’s veteran president Robert Mugabe suavely hosted journalists at State House on the eve of last month’s election, there was only one question that caught him off guard.
Syrian activists accuse Assad forces of using chemical agents
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian activists accused forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday of using chemical agents during the heavy bombardment of rebel-held areas around Damascus.
The art of survival in China: how some of Bo’s cronies cling on
BEIJING (Reuters) – Three years ago, the mayor of China’s sprawling southwestern city of Chongqing was asked to describe how well he got along with his then boss, the ambitious Communist Party leader Bo Xilai.
Old order “remnants” flex muscle in Tunisian politics
(Reuters) – Step by step, the once-shunned officials of Tunisia’s old order have returned to the political scene and are turning up the pressure on the governing Islamist party Ennahda to make way for them.
Indian PM Singh to visit White House in late September
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is due to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on September 27, the White House said on Tuesday.
Mexico’s Pemex says ammonia gas pipeline leak kills at least three
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least three people were killed by an ammonia gas leak from a pipeline owned by state oil monopoly Pemex in southern Mexico on Tuesday and 1,500 people were evacuated from the area and taken to shelters, the company said.
Britain defends detention of journalist’s partner
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government, accused of abusing media freedom, said on Tuesday police were right to detain a journalist’s partner if they thought lives might be at risk from data he was carrying from fugitive U.S. intelligence contractor …
EU foreign ministers weigh Egypt aid, policy at emergency talks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments will debate on Wednesday how to use their economic muscle to force Egypt’s army-backed rulers to end a crackdown on deposed President Mohamed Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood.
