French honorary consul in Benghazi survives gun attack
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – France’s honorary consul in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi survived a gun attack on his car unharmed, officials said on Friday, in the latest assault on foreigners in the cradle of the North African country’s 2011 revol…
Egypt Brotherhood leader Badie appears at protest rally
CAIRO (Reuters) – The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, appeared before Islamist supporters at a rally in Cairo on Friday which was called to protest at the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi, a member of the movement.
African Union suspends Egypt over Mursi’s ouster
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The African Union voted overwhelmingly on Friday to suspend Egypt from all its activities after the Egyptian army ousted the elected president, Mohamed Mursi, following days of mass protests against his rule.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe launches ‘fight for life’ poll campaign
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe launched a “fight of our life” campaign on Friday to extend his three-decade grip on power in a July 31 election already being criticized as poorly planned, underfunded and plagued with irregularities…
Britain’s PM Cameron wins symbolic vote on EU referendum
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron won a parliamentary vote on Friday on making a referendum on Britain’s European Union membership legally binding, but his victory is largely symbolic as it will not tie the hands of a future government.
Egypt interim head of state dissolves parliament
CAIRO (Reuters) – The interim Egyptian head of state who was appointed after the army ousted President Mohamed Mursi dissolved parliament by decree on Friday, state television said.
Georgia arrests two after truck search yields record heroin find
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgian police have arrested two foreigners after finding 116 kg (255 lbs) of heroin in a truck, the country’s biggest seizure of illegal drugs, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
Egypt is ‘stable’, head of army tells Saudi king
LONDON (Reuters) – Egypt’s armed forces chief told Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Friday that the situation in Egypt was “stable”, the Saudi state news agency said, as Islamists demonstrated across the country against the military’s overthrow of Presi…
Ukraine opposition wants Tymoshenko freed for treatment
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s opposition parties on Friday pressed President Viktor Yanukovich to release jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko for medical treatment in Germany, saying this would be likely to secure the signing of key agreements with …
Troops, Mursi supporters clash in Sinai, Suez cities
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian troops and Islamist supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi clashed in three cities on Friday – El-Arish in North Sinai and Suez and Ismailia on the Suez Canal – witnesses and security sources said.
