CAIRO (Reuters) – A judicial panel set up by Egypt’s military-backed government supported a legal challenge to the status of the Muslim Brotherhood yesterday, compounding a drive to crush the movement behind the elected president deposed by the army in July.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Sixteen members of Colombia’s Cabinet presented their resignations to President Juan Manuel Santos yesterday, a decision that paves the way for changes he may want to make after a protest in the farming sector turned violent last week.
KEY WEST, Fla., (Reuters) – American 64-year-old long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad today became the first person to swim across the Florida Straits from Cuba without a shark cage, succeeding on her fifth attempt at the feat.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – A judicial panel set up by Egypt’s military-backed government backed a legal challenge to the status of the Muslim Brotherhood today, compounding a drive to crush the movement behind the elected president deposed by the army in July.
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Syria hailed a “historic American retreat” yesterday, mockingly accusing President Barack Obama of hesitation and confusion after he delayed a military response to last month’s chemical weapons attack near Damascus until after a congressional vote.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-backed authorities referred deposed President Mohamed Mursi to trial yesterday on charges of inciting murder and violence, in an escalation of the crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela returned to his home yesterday where he will continue to receive intensive care after three months in hospital with a lung ailment.
MOSCOW/BRASILIA, (Reuters) – The BRICS bloc of large, emerging economies has agreed on the structure of a proposed development bank with $50 billion in capital, but ironing out “difficult” details may take months, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Poverty and the all-consuming fretting that comes with it require so much mental energy that the poor have little brain power left to devote to other areas of life, according to the findings of an international study published on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama yesterday backed away from an imminent military strike against Syria to seek the approval of the US Congress, in a decision that likely delays US action for at least 10 days.
(Reuters) – Military sites in Syria are packed with soldiers who have been effectively imprisoned by their superiors due to doubts about their loyalty, ex-soldiers say, making them possible casualties in any US-led air strikes.
MARIANNA, Fla (Reuters) – Teams of searchers recovered human bones from the sands of Florida Panhandle woodlands yesterday in a “boot hill” graveyard where juveniles who disappeared from a notorious Old South reform school more than a half-century ago are believed to have been secretly buried.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who has been receiving medical treatment for three months for a lung ailment, is still in hospital in Pretoria in a critical but stable condition, the government said today.
WASHINGTON/PARIS, (Reuters) – The United States made clear yesterday that it would punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the “brutal and flagrant” chemical weapons attack that it says killed more than 1,400 people in Damascus last week.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi marched through Cairo and cities across Egypt yesterday to demand his reinstatement, in the movement’s biggest show of defiance since hundreds of protesters were killed two weeks ago.
JUBA, (Reuters) – Norway will help South Sudan build a hydropower plant with work expected to start early next year, diplomats said, raising hopes of ending an era of dark nights at least in the capital.
ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an opposition challenge to President John Mahama’s victory in presidential elections, a ruling that should ease political uncertainty in the booming African oil- and cocoa-exporting country.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos sent troops to patrol the streets of Bogota yesterday after violent protests caused havoc across the capital, killing two people and leaving parts of the city in shambles.
JUBA, (Reuters) – Norway will help South Sudan build a hydropower plant with work expected to start early next year, diplomats said, raising hopes of ending an era of dark nights at least in the capital.
LONDON/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Britain will not join any military action against Syria after a stunning parliamentary defeat yesterday of a government motion on the issue, dealing a setback to U.S.-led
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