Syria opposition meets to find leader, show it is ready for arms
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s fractious opposition coalition met on Thursday under pressure to name a new leader and prove to its Western and Arab backers it can be trusted with advanced weapons to beat back a concerted offensive by President Bashar al-Ass…
Gunmen kill high-profile Afghan policewoman
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Unknown gunmen killed one of Afghanistan’s most high-profile female police officers on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks targeting top women officials amid a drawdown of foreign combat forces in the countr…
Egypt security forces arrest top Muslim Brotherhood leader: security source
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security forces arrested the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday in the northern city of Marsa Matrouh following the military overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, security sources said.
Brotherhood party says Egypt state press refuses to print paper
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s state-owned printing press refused to print Thursday’s edition of a newspaper run by the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, the party said, in the latest sign of a crackdown after the army ousted elected Islamist President Mo…
Gulf Arabs greet Egypt’s new leader, Turkey slams ‘coup’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Gulf Arab states welcomed Egypt’s interim leader on Thursday, hopeful his appointment would stem the rise of Islamists in the Middle East, but the military overthrow of an elected president drew a guarded response from Iran and condem…
Egypt’s Brotherhood won’t work with ‘usurper’ government
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood will not work with “the usurper authorities”, a member of its executive board said on Thursday, rejecting feelers from the newly sworn-in head of state after the military removed Islamist President Mohamed M…
French agency spies on phone calls, email, web use, paper says
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s external intelligence agency spies on the French public’s phone calls, emails and social media activity in France and abroad, the daily Le Monde said on Thursday.
Murdoch belittled British police in secret recording by staff
LONDON (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch belittled a British police inquiry into bribes allegedly paid by his journalists in a secret recording made by his staff, in sharp contrast to the profuse public apologies he made to defuse anger at news gathering prac…
Egypt coup will push some groups to violence: Beltagy
CAIRO (Reuters) – A senior politician in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said on Thursday that the military overthrow of elected Islamist President Mohamed Mursi will push other groups, though not his own, to violent resistance.
Russia worried by lack of progress towards Iran nuclear talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia voiced concern on Thursday that no progress has been made towards organizing new talks between Iran and six world powers on Tehran’s nuclear program, despite the election of a relative moderate as Iran’s president.
