Syria rebels call for reinforcements as war spreads abroad

22.May.2013 -

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels fighting for control of the Syrian town of Qusair called for reinforcements on Wednesday to repel forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in a civil war which is spreading violence through an already volatile region. ...Read More

Iran expands sensitive nuclear capacity: U.N. report

22.May.2013 -

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has increased its capacity to refine uranium by installing hundreds more centrifuges, a U.N. nuclear agency report said on Wednesday, underlining Tehran's defiance of Western demands to curb the activity. ...Read More

Sudan dreams of becoming global sugar player

22.May.2013 -

NEAR SOFIYA, Sudan (Reuters) - In a hangar-shaped factory hall in central Sudan a dozen workers rush to pack refined white sugar gushing from a funnel into paper bags to be loaded on three trucks parked outside. ...Read More

Egypt court sentences four men to hang for killing priest

22.May.2013 -

CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced four men on Wednesday to death by hanging for the 2011 killing of a Coptic Christian priest in his apartment in the southern city of Assiut, state news agency MENA reported. ...Read More

Young faces enliven Kuwait's faded art scene

22.May.2013 -

KUWAIT (Reuters) - After two lackluster decades, Kuwait is experiencing a quiet revival of an arts scene once known as the most avant garde in the Gulf, thanks to a new generation eager to tackle sensitive issues using cutting-edge art forms. <...Read More

Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai

22.May.2013 -

CAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) - Seven Egyptian security men kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and President Mohamed Mursi vowed to pursue a crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. ...Read More

Iran expands sensitive nuclear capacity: U.N. report

22.May.2013 -

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has increased its capacity to refine uranium by installing hundreds of more centrifuges at its Natanz plant, a U.N. nuclear agency report said on Wednesday, underlining Tehran's defiance of Western demands to curb the activ...Read More

Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution, paving way for vote

22.May.2013 -

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for an election later this year. ...Read More

Stockholm riots challenge image of happy, generous state

22.May.2013 -

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hundreds of young people have torched cars and attacked police in three nights of riots in immigrant suburbs of Sweden's capital, shocking a country that has dodged the worst of the financial crisis but failed to defuse youth...Read More

Man charged over 1982 IRA parade bombing in London park

22.May.2013 -

LONDON (Reuters) - An Irishman was charged on Wednesday over a bombing that killed four soldiers on horseback in the heart of London in 1982, one of the most high-profile attacks by IRA guerrillas in their campaign to end British rule in Northern ...Read More