Egypt former minister gets 10 yrs for graft
Cairo: An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced a former Agriculture Minister to 10 years in prison for corruption, a judicial official said, months after his arrest for taking bribes.
Bahrain designates 68 groups as ‘terrorist’
Dubai: The Gulf kingdom of Bahrain on Monday published a list of 68 Islamist groups it classified as “terrorist”, media report said. lebanon’s Shiite Hezbollah movement, already branded as “terrorist” by the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab league, topped the list approved by Bahrain’s cabinet, the state news agency BNA said.
Kyrgyz pm resigns but denies graft allegation
Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan’s PM Temir Sariyev quit on Monday over corruption allegations involving a road-building contract won by a Chinese company. Sariyev, who had been in power for less than a year, stepped down while denying claims he had a vested interest in a $100 million tender to build a highway in the ex-Soviet country’s eastern Issyk Kul province.
Fujimori leads Peru election first round
lima: The daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori held a strong lead on Monday in preliminary results from the first round of Peru’s presidential election and appeared headed to a showdown with another centre-right candidate in a June runoff.
Sporadic fighting mars ceasefire in Yemen
Sanaa: A UN-brokered ceasefire was mostly holding across war-torn Yemen on Monday except in the besieged city of Taiz where shelling killed at least one person and wounded five, according to residents.
Ukraine looks to new pro-EU govt after PM quits
Kiev: Ukraine prepared on Monday to usher in a stable new pro-Western Government following the resignation of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk over public anger with his seeming inability to fight Government graft.