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KAIROUAN, Tunisia (Reuters) - Supporters of the hardline Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia clashed with Tunisian police on Sunday after the government banned its annual rally, saying it posed a threat to society. Ansar al-Sharia, which openly supports al Qaeda, is considered the most radical of the hardline Islamist groups to emerge in Tunisia since a 2011 revolution overthrew secular dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. ...
Sunday, May 19, 2013 13:10 |
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan`s Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti will visit South Sudan on Friday, state media said, the first high-level meeting between the neighbors since Khartoum accused Juba of supporting rebels who launched a major attack three weeks ago. Both African countries agrees in March to restart crucial cross-border oil flows and end tensions that has existed since the south seceded in 2011. But despite this thaw, Sudan accused South Sudan on Saturday of supporting a rebel alliance which launched a surprise attack on the central Sudanese city of Um Rawaba. ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013 22:16 |
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Foreman talks about his fight against Muhammad Ali, how confident he was going into it, and how crushing his defeat was.
Thursday, May 16, 2013 03:15 |
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I can`t imagine why anyone who knew him would want to kill Ali Ould Mohamed Ould Kalbali, a friendly old merchant in Timbuktu and one of the few Arabs who stayed there during the Islamist takeover of northern Mali last year. But that`s what his family fear has happened.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 22:34 |
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KUWAIT (Reuters) - Some members of Kuwait`s cabinet have offered to resign, state news agency KUNA reported, citing the speaker of parliament. Kuwait`s elected parliament has been caught in a long-running power struggle with the appointed government, in which ruling family members hold some top posts. The political row has delayed reforms and investment in Kuwait, a major oil producer. Speaking after the cabinet failed to turn up to a parliamentary session on Tuesday, Speaker Ali al-Rashed said the reason for the no show was `resignations tendered by the ministers`, KUNA reported. ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 07:49 |
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The political establishment has not responded well to Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, who entered the race at the last minute.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 02:07 |
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By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - A Bahraini blogger and human rights activist said he had been granted asylum in Britain after being in hiding for two years. A leading voice among protesters during anti-government demonstrations in 2011, Ali Abdulemam hid to escape a government crackdown and was smuggled out by fishermen. A military court tried and sentenced him in absentia to 15 years in prison. `I have not seen my daughters since they were six-months-old. ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 17:53 |
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By Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - After the huge protests that followed the 2009 election, Iran`s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have hoped June polls would quietly install a loyal conservative president, but the surprise candidacies of two major independents may scupper that. Both Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, the nationalist protégé of outspoken President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and Iran`s best known political grandee, are seen as a threat to the leader`s authority. ...
Monday, May 13, 2013 10:39 |
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BEIJING (Reuters) - New Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit India and Pakistan on his first foreign trip since assuming office, on a week-long overseas foray that will also take in Switzerland and Germany, the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. Li, who became prime minister in March, will meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, as well as other political leaders, ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily news briefing, without giving details. ...
Monday, May 13, 2013 09:56 |
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may face charges for accompanying his former chief of staff to register for June`s presidential vote, the country`s electoral watchdog said. Iran`s electoral law forbids the use of state resources on behalf of or against any candidate, and bans individuals from supporting candidates in an official capacity. Abbas Ali Kadkhodai, a spokesman for the Guardian Council, said the council`s supervisory board unanimously agreed `the... ...
Monday, May 13, 2013 07:58 |
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