Government to assign email addresses to all Iranians
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran is to assign all citizens an individual email address which the communications minister said on Monday would aid interaction between state authorities and the people.
Iran says Egyptian army interference is ‘unacceptable’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran on Monday called the Egyptian army’s ousting of president Mohamed Mursi “unacceptable” and said Israel and the West did not want to see a powerful Egypt.
Greek state workers protest layoffs demanded by EU/IMF lenders
ATHENS (Reuters) – Thousands of Greek municipal workers and state school teachers took to the streets of Athens on Monday to protest against the public sector layoffs that the government has promised its international lenders in exchange for bailout fu…
Mexico opposition leads in Baja California, boosting reform pact
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s opposition conservatives were heading for victory in a regional election early on Monday, likely bolstering a fragile national cross-party pact forged to broker economic reforms.
Czech prosecutors seek to charge former PM Necas
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech prosecutors asked the lower house of parliament to lift the immunity of former prime minister Petr Necas on Monday, the first time in the country’s modern history that a head of government may face criminal charges.
Israel jails Arab citizen who briefly joined Syria’s rebels
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel sentenced an Arab citizen to 30 months’ imprisonment on Monday for endangering national security by briefly joining Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad.
Liberal Jewish women activists blocked at Western Wall
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Several thousand ultra-Orthodox protesters effectively blocked Jewish women activists campaigning for equal worship rights at the Western Wall from holding a monthly prayer session on Monday at the holy site.
Egypt says on track to form interim government despite violence
CAIRO (Reuters) – Violent clashes that led to at least 42 deaths in front of Egypt’s Republican Guard compound on Monday will not derail efforts to form an interim government, presidency spokesman Ahmed Elmoslmany said.
Egypt interim leadership sets up committee to investigate attack
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s interim administration expressed “deep regret” for those killed in violence in Cairo on Monday, it said in a statement carried on the state news agency.
Yemeni colonel shot dead in ambush near home: defense ministry
ADEN (Reuters) – A Yemeni army commander was shot dead in eastern Yemen on Monday as he was leaving home for work, the Yemeni Defense Ministry website said on Monday.
