World powers hope to resume Iran talks quickly
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – World powers expressed hope on Tuesday of resuming negotiations with Iran over its disputed nuclear program “as soon as possible” but gave no indication of a possible date for any new talks.
Egypt’s interim government gets to work amid protests, deadlock
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s interim government sets about the mammoth task of returning the country to civilian rule and rescuing the economy on Wednesday, a process complicated by deadly protests and a political stalemate with powerful Islamist groups.
Egypt prosecutor investigates Mursi for prison escape
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered the start of investigations on whether deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and other senior leaders from his Muslim Brotherhood escaped from a prison during the 2011 uprising, state media said on…
U.N. envoy accuses Iran group’s leaders in Iraq of rights abuses
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The outgoing U.N. special envoy to Iraq on Tuesday accused the leaders of an Iranian dissident group at a camp in Iraq of human rights abuses, an allegation the movement dismissed as baseless.
Armed protesters storm Libya’s Zueitina oil port: witness
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – An armed group of protesters stormed the eastern Libyan oil port of Zueitina on Tuesday, demanding workers halt operations, an engineer at the terminal said.
Panama says finds weapons on North Korean ship coming from Cuba
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Panama seized a North Korean cargo ship it suspects was hiding missile equipment in a shipment of brown sugar from Cuba, after a standoff in which the ship’s captain tried to slit his own throat.
U.S. worried ahead of Zimbabwe poll, warns on credibility
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it was “deeply concerned” by lack of transparency in preparations for Zimbabwe’s July 31 general election and called on the government to ensure the vote was peaceful, fair and credible.
Trial of Costa Concordia captain resumes in Italy
ROME (Reuters) – The trial of the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, which capsized off Italy’s coast last year killing 32 people, resumes on Wednesday after it was delayed by a lawyers’ strike earlier this month.
Egyptian army camp attacked with rockets in Sinai
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Assailants using mobile anti-aircraft rockets and machineguns attacked an Egyptian army camp in the restive Sinai peninsula near the border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, wounding two officers, witnesses and security source…
Top cop to crack down on Egyptian supply system
CAIRO (Reuters) – The man who will run Egypt’s Supply Ministry, managing subsidized fuel and bread that eat up a quarter of the state budget, is a policeman who has spent a career fighting rampant theft and corruption in that system.
