British police launch inquiry into missing Madeleine McCann
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Thursday they had begun their own investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, who vanished in Portugal six years ago at age three, saying they had new leads and had identified 38 potential suspect…
Mexican generals accused of ties with drug cartel set free
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of three generals and two other officers accused of collaborating with a drug cartel after investigators determined there was insufficient evidence against them.
Islamist gunmen stage multiple attacks in Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamist gunmen staged multiple attacks on security forces in Egypt’s troubled Sinai Peninsula early on Friday, two days after the army overthrew elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, security sources and state television reported…
Vatican bank told of “clear failings” at meeting: source
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A preliminary inquiry by the Vatican bank after the arrest of a Vatican prelate on suspicion of trying to smuggle huge sums of money into Italy from Switzerland found “clear failings” at the institution, a source close to the b…
Sudan’s Turabi denounces Mursi’s ousting
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s Islamist opposition leader, Hassan al-Turabi, a prominent Sunni scholar, denounced on Thursday the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi as a “coup against legitimacy”, while the Khartoum government gave a cautious …
South American leftist leaders rally to Bolivia’s side in Snowden saga
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Reuters) – South America’s most outspoken leftist leaders gathered on Thursday to rally behind Bolivian President Evo Morales, whose plane was diverted in Europe this week on suspicions that fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edwa…
Egypt army says right to protest protected, urges restraint
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian armed forces said on Thursday they would not take arbitrary measures against any political group and would guarantee the right to protest, as long as demonstrations did not threaten national security.
Analysis: Cautious toward Middle East, Obama gets second chance in Egypt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When President Barack Obama sat down with his top national security aides this week to determine how to react to a military takeover in Egypt, he had a tough choice to make.
Catholic nun’s Brazilian killer gets early release from prison
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The man convicted of killing American nun and Amazon activist Dorothy Stang in 2005, has been released from a Brazilian prison after serving less than a third of his sentence, adding controversy to the long-running struggle over l…
South Africa says Mandela still ‘critical but stable’
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ailing anti-apartheid hero and former President Nelson Mandela remained in a “critical but stable” condition after nearly four weeks in hospital, the government said on Thursday.
