Opera head sacked under Mursi is Egypt’s culture minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – The former head of the Cairo opera, who was sacked by ousted President Mohamed Mursi’s Islamist government, has been named Egypt’s new culture minister by the country’s new military-backed interim government.
Snowden affair is chance for truce in cyber war: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Edward Snowden’s revelations about U.S. Internet surveillance have created a chance for countries to call a halt to a cyber war, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.
Snowden affair is chance for truce in cyber war: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Edward Snowden’s revelations about U.S. Internet surveillance have created a chance for countries to call a halt to a cyber war, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.
Italy’s interior minister faces political storm over Kazakh expulsion
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s main opposition parties called on Monday for the resignation of the deputy head of Italy’s fragile ruling coalition over the expulsion of the wife and daughter of dissident Kazakh oligarch Mukhtar Ablyazov.
U.S. calls for Egypt military to avoid political arrests
CAIRO (Reuters) – The United States has called on the Egyptian military to avoid politically motivated arrests, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns said on Monday in Cairo.
Burns: U.S. will not impose its model on Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – The United States will not try to impose its model on Egypt nor will it support specific parties or personalities, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns said on Monday.
Masked gunmen wound man near Vienna airport
VIENNA (Reuters) – A man was shot and wounded near Vienna airport on Monday after his car was forced off the road by two masked men who fled the scene in a car, police said.
Syria rebels want al Qaeda suspect to face trial
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s main rebel group said on Monday that it wanted an Islamic court to investigate the killing of one of its top commanders at the hands of foreign Islamist fighters last week.
Teenager killed by shark off France’s Reunion Island
SAINT-DENIS DE LA REUNION, France (Reuters) – A shark killed a 15-year old girl on Monday as she swam with mask and flippers a few meters (yards) from the shore of the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion.
Egypt prosecutor orders arrest of Brotherhood figures
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered the arrest of seven senior Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist figures on Monday over violence between Brotherhood supporters and opponents in the days before and after Mohamed Mursi was deposed as presid…
