Mubarak-era minister Moussa to head Egypt’s constitution panel
CAIRO (Reuters) – Amr Moussa, a stalwart of the government of Egypt’s veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak, has been selected to chair the committee entrusted with amending a constitution pushed through by the deposed Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi.
Syrian President Assad says no evidence of chemical attack: CBS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad denied that he was behind a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian people and said evidence was not conclusive that there had been such an attack, CBS reported on Sunday on its news program “Face t…
South Africa’s NUMSA union calls off three-week strike
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has called off a three-week strike in the country’s auto sector and workers are expected to start returning to work from Monday, NUMSA’s deputy general secretary Karl C…
Shhhhhh! German parties appeal to voters’ aversion to noise
BERLIN (Reuters) – “One in two Germans feels troubled by noise,” Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) state in their election manifesto. “We want to change this”.
Britain’s Prince Andrew accepts police apology after confrontation
LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth’s son Prince Andrew accepted an apology from the police on Sunday after armed officers stopped him in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, days after two men were held in a security breach at the British monarch’s London…
U.S. risks igniting region with Syria attack: Iran minister
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The United States will ignite a fire across the Middle East if it attacks Syria, Iran’s new foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on a visit to Iraq on Sunday, warning Western powers against warmongering.
Ongoing Jewish settlement is an obstacle to peace: Qatar foreign minister
PARIS (Reuters) – Qatar’s Foreign Minister said on Sunday ongoing construction by Jewish settlers was an obstacle to achieving an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
Army summoned to quell communal violence that kills 15 in north Indian state
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – The Indian army was called in, an unusual measure, to contain communal violence pitting Hindus against Muslims that killed at least 15 people in northern Uttar Pradesh state.
Syrian forces may have used gas without Assad’s permission: paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – Syrian government forces may have carried out a chemical weapons attack close to Damascus without the personal permission of President Bashar al-Assad, Germany’s Bild am Sonntag paper reported on Sunday, citing German intelligence.
Insight: Assad forces fear rebel rampage in aftermath of U.S. strikes
BEIRUT (Reuters) – It isn’t the U.S. cruise missiles that terrify Saleem, a pro-government militia fighter who survived some of the toughest battles of Syria’s civil war. It’s the rebel onslaught that could begin once American bombs start to fall.
