JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Senior Saudi royals and government officials have visited King Abdullah in hospital, state news agency SPA reported, a week after the monarch – believed t o be in his late 80s – had surgery to tighten a ligament in his back. The stability of the world's biggest oil exporter and an important regional U.S. ally is of global concern as the kingdom holds more than a fifth of the world's crude reserves and is a venue for millions of Muslim pilgrims every year. … South Africa: Police kill 7 suspected robbers
Police in South Africa say they shot dead seven suspected robbers and wounded nine others in a botched theft at an armored car company.
Suspected militants bomb security bases in Egypt's Sinai
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Militants bombed security bases being built in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, injuring three people, authorities said, as the state tries to reassert control over territory that slipped from its grip after the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. A massive explosion partly destroyed the wall of a security base being built for border guards in the town of Rafah at the border with the Gaza Strip overnight, but without causing injuries. …
Congo government says no talks with M23 rebels before Goma pullout
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Congo's government will no t negotiate with M23 rebels in the east of the Central African country until the rebels pull out of the city of Goma, a government spokesman said on Sunday. Lambert Mende said President Joseph Kabila had met M23 representatives in Uganda for the first time on Saturday and had reiterated his readiness to consider their demands. "Negotiations will start after the (M23) withdrawal from Goma. Even if we want to negotiate, this can't be before 48 hours," Mende said, referring to a deadline given to the rebels on Saturday. … Bomb hits Pakistani Shiite procession, kills 5
A bombing claimed by the Taliban killed at least five people and wounded some 90 others at a Shiite religious procession in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, police said, as the minority Muslim sect observes the annual Ashoura holiday. Election in Catalan region tests Spain's unity
Voters in the industrious and economically important northeastern region of Catalonia began casting their ballots as polling stations opened Sunday in elections that could determine the future shape of Spain. Iran says missile deployment in Turkey would increase tensions
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said the deployment of Patriot defense missiles near Turkey's border with Syria would worsen tensions, as fears grow of the Syrian civil war spilling across the region. Turkey asked NATO for the Patriot system, designed to intercept aircraft or missiles, last week after talks about how to shore up security on its 900-km (560-mile) border. … Egypt's Mursi faces judicial revolt over decree
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Moham ed Mursi faced a rebellion from judges who accused him on Saturday of expanding his powers at their expense, deepening a crisis that has triggered violence in the street and exposed the country's deep divisions. The Judges' Club, a body representing judges across Egypt, called for a strike during a meeting interrupted with chants demanding the "downfall of the regime" – the rallying cry in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak last year. … Advocates urge discussion, not discrimination in foreign worker debate
VANCOUVER – Debate? Or hate?
Italy votes in center-left primary amid recession
Italians are voting in a primary for a center-left candidate to run in spring general elections that will in large part determine how Italy’s tries to fix its troubled finances and emerge from a grinding recession.
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