Shippers brace for more Suez turmoil after vessel attack
LONDON (Reuters) – An attack by assailants on a container ship in the Suez canal has heightened risks for merchant shipping using the vital waterway, with further threats considered likely as political turmoil continues in Egypt.
U.N. team visits Iranian dissident camp in Iraq after killings
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A U.N. team visited an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq on Monday following violence that killed dozens of people a day earlier in disputed circumstances.
Friends of Syria to meet on Sept 8 in Rome: source
ROME (Reuters) – The core group of nations making up the Friends of Syria will meet on September 8 in Rome, a diplomatic source said on Monday.
Russian MPs want to fly to Washington to sway Syria vote
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) – Russian lawmakers want to travel to Washington to urge the U.S. Congress not to back President Barack Obama’s plan for military strikes on Syria, the speaker of the upper house of parliament told President Vladimir Put…
French ministers rebuff opposition call for Syria vote
PARIS (Reuters) – Senior members of France’s ruling party rebuffed opposition calls for a parliamentary vote on whether to take military action against Syria, saying on Monday lawmakers should respect the president’s constitutional right to decide on a…
USS Nimitz carrier moves into Red Sea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and four other ships in its strike group moved into the Red Sea early on Monday, U.S. defense officials said, describing the move as “prudent planning” in case the ships are needed for military act…
NATO chief convinced Syrian government behind chemical attack
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s secretary-general said on Monday he had seen evidence convincing him Syrian authorities were behind a deadly chemical weapons attack and said it would send a “dangerous signal to dictators” if the world did not respond firml…
Egypt court advised to dissolve Brotherhood NGO
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian judicial panel advised a court to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood as a legally registered non-governmental organization on Monday, posing a legal challenge to the group as the army-backed government presses a crackdown.
Croats tear down signs put up for Serb minority
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Several hundred Croat protesters tore down signs in Serb Cyrillic script that were put up on Monday in a Croatian city devastated during the independence war with Serb-dominated Yugoslavia, state radio said.
Insight: As Obama blinks on Syria, Israel, Saudis make common cause
JERUSALEM/RIYADH (Reuters) – If President Barack Obama has disappointed Syrian rebels by deferring to Congress before bombing Damascus, he has also dismayed the United States’ two main allies in the Middle East.
