Egyptian police strike, seek interior minister’s ouster
CAIRO (Reuters) – Thousands of Egyptian riot police and conscripts have gone on strike to demand the interior minister’s resignation, saying he is too close to the country’s Islamist leadership, security sources said on Wednesday.
Syrian troops bombard rebel posts around capital
AMMAN (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad’s forces bombarded the southeast of Damascus with air strikes and artillery on Wednesday to try and dislodge rebel fighters who have gained a foothold in the Syrian capital, opposition activists said.
Maldives ex-president in Indian embassy to avoid arrest
MALE (Reuters) – Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed took refuge in the Indian High Commission in the capital Male on Wednesday as police attempted to arrest him, raising the prospect of protests by supporters who say he was ousted a year ago in …
Ten Afghans killed in NATO air strike: officials
KUNAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A NATO air strike killed 10 Afghan civilians, including five children, in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, local officials said, a toll that if confirmed is likely to raise tension between President Hamid Karzai’s govern…
Iran says it has begun upgrading uranium centrifuges
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Wednesday it had started installing a new generation of machines for enriching uranium, an announcement likely to annoy the West and complicate efforts to resolve a decade-old dispute over its nuclear program.
Insight: Divided Damascus confronted by all-out war
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – MiG warplanes roar low overhead to strike rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad on the fringes of Damascus, while artillery batteries pound the insurgents from hills overlooking a city divided between all-out war and a …
U.S. says to take lead to contain North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said North Korea’s third nuclear test, in defiance of U.N. resolutions, was a threat and a provocation and that the United States would lead the world in responding.
Egypt floods Gaza tunnels to cut Palestinian lifeline
GAZA (Reuters) – Egyptian forces have flooded smuggling tunnels under the border with the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in a campaign to shut them down, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said.
Tunisia protests after government critic shot dead
TUNIS (Reuters) – A Tunisian opposition politician was shot dead on Wednesday, sending protesters onto the streets of cities nationwide two years after the uprisings that swept Tunisia’s president from power and inflamed the Arab world.
Spaniards show little faith in politics or economic recovery
MADRID (Reuters) – Recession-hit Spaniards are losing faith in politicians and support is dropping for the ruling People’s Party (PP), which has slashed public spending and is embroiled in a corruption scandal, a poll indicated on Wednesday.
