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| Egypt appoints outspoken Brotherhood critic justice minister | | | By Stephen Kalin CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt appointed a hardline judge and outspoken critic of the Muslim Brotherhood as justice minister on Wednesday in a move decried by a leading opposition figure as a disaster for justice in the world's most populous Arab country. Ahmed el-Zend, a former appeals court judge, has in contrast to his predecessor been publicly outspoken in his criticism of the Islamist movement removed from power in mid-2013 by the army and banned as a terrorist organisation. Liberal activist Shady el-Ghazaly Harb said the appointment was part of a trend towards empowering opponents of the 2011 uprising that ousted veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak. |
| Egypt's judges new frontline in battle against militancy | | | By Yara Bayoumy and Haitham Ahmed CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces have grown accustomed to being targeted by Islamist militants. Militants are estimated to have killed more than 600 soldiers and police since the army toppled President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013. A new front against judges could spell trouble for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who has only just managed to deliver a degree of stability following years of upheaval in Egypt. |
| Algerian troops kill more militants in major assault, 25 dead in total | | | Algerian security forces killed three militants east of the capital on the second day of a major offensive, the defence ministry said on Wednesday, bringing to 25 the total number of insurgents shot dead. Fighters allied with both al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Islamic State operate in Algeria, mostly in mountainous northern areas, but militant attacks have been rare since the war with Islamist insurgents mostly came to an end in 2000. Last September, the Caliphate Soldiers kidnapped and killed a French tourist in the mountains east of Algiers. |
| EU lawmakers seek ban on "blood metals" in surprise vote | | | By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to ban all products that contain "blood metals" sold by African warlords, but the legislation is likely to be blocked by EU governments who fear it would impose an unrealistic burden on business. The surprise result marked a defeat for the pro-business European People's Party (EPP), the parliament's biggest grouping, who need fellow centrist allies to pass laws following last year's EU elections where protest parties did well. The European Parliament voted 402 in favour versus 118 against with 171 abstentions on a proposal to require companies, including electronics firms, that buy gold, tantalum, tin and tungsten to certify imports do not finance warlords in Africa. |
| Insight: Islamic State learns lessons from U.S. raid - jihadist sources | |  By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.S. special forces raid against an Islamic State leader in Syria caught the jihadist group off guard, killing not only the declared target, but also two other important figures, jihadist sources in Syria said. The sources said a spy must have infiltrated the movement and passed on vital information that helped the U.S. commandos zero in on the home of their victim early Saturday when most of the guards had left to join a battle elsewhere. The Islamic State was also considering tightening its recruitment procedures to try to root out moles and was considering forming a specialist unit to counter such attacks in future.
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| Teacher killed, 23 students wounded in mortar attack in Damascus - state media | | | A Syrian teacher was killed and 23 students were wounded when a mortar shell hit their school on Wednesday in the heart of Damascus, Syrian state media said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which tracks violence in the country, said two mortars hit the school and that most of the wounded were in critical condition. State media said "terrorists" had carried out the attack, a term it uses to describe insurgents. |
| UBS to pay $545 million over forex scandal, rivals await fate | |  The Justice Department said Attorney General Loretta Lynch would announce resolutions for other banks in connection with exchange rate manipulation at a press conference in Washington on Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT). UBS's payment is part of what is expected to be a combined multi billion-dollar settlement by five of the world's biggest banks with U.S. and British authorities over alleged manipulation of the $5 trillion-a-day forex market. UBS has not been charged because it was the first bank to report the misconduct to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
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