Insight: Iraq Kurds reach out to Baghdad to fight surging al Qaeda
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – When hundreds of al Qaeda fighters in armored trucks attacked the northern Iraqi town of Shirqat with machine guns last week, the local army unit called for backup and set off in pursuit.
Chile Escondida mine workers begin strike
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Workers began a strike at world No. 1 copper mine, Chile’s Escondida, on Wednesday over pay and working conditions.
Clashes kill nine killed in Egypt’s Fayoum
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least nine people were killed on Wednesday in the Egyptian province of Fayoum, south of Cairo, a hospital official said, following fighting at police stations between supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi and the security f…
Iran condemns Egyptian violence, says increases chance of civil war
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran condemned on Wednesday an attack by Egyptian security forces on Muslim Brotherhood supporters that killed at least 30 people, saying the violence increased the likelihood of a civil war there, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in…
Qatar condemns attack on Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood protest camp
DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar condemned an attack by Egyptian security forces on Muslim Brotherhood supporters camping out in Cairo on Wednesday that killed at least 30 people.
Egypt arrests senior Muslim Brotherhood politician
(Reuters) – Egyptian security forces arrested senior Muslim Brotherhood politician Mohamed El-Beltagi on Wednesday, security officials said.
Syria’s Assad exempts reservists from loan payments to aid morale
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has exempted thousands of army reservists called up during the civil war from paying debt installments and late fines during their service, the state news agency SANA said on Wednesday.
Syrian monitoring group says rebels kill Italian Jesuit priest
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Syria have killed an Italian Jesuit priest who disappeared in the east of the country late last month, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Turkish president says Egypt crackdown ‘completely unacceptable’
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul said on Wednesday an armed intervention by Egyptian security forces against protesters in Cairo supporting ousted president Mohamed Mursi was “completely unacceptable”.
Egypt government urges Mursi supporters to ‘listen to reason’
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Egyptian government urged supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi to “listen to the voice of reason” and halt violence on Wednesday, praising the security forces for showing self restraint while breaking up their protest cam…
