Second Afghan governor defies President Ghani
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A second Afghan provincial governor defied an attempt by President Ashraf Ghani to remove him on Sunday, deepening a political crisis that has underlined the weakness of the Western-backed government in Kabul.
All 66 passengers, crew feared dead in Iranian plane crash
DUBAI (Reuters) – All 66 passengers and crew were believed to have been killed in a plane crash in central Iran on Sunday, an airline spokesman said, after the domestic flight came down in bad weather in a mountainous region.
Poland PM’s comments on “Jewish perpetrators” not Holocaust denial – govt statement
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s government said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s comments saying Jews were perpetrators in World War Two as well as Poles and others, which were condemned by Israel, were not intended to deny the Holocaust.
Israel’s Netanyahu could act against Iran’s ’empire’
MUNICH (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel would act against Iran, not just its allies in the Middle East, if needed, reiterating that Tehran was the world’s greatest threat.
All 66 passengers, crew believed dead after plane crashes in central Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – All 66 passengers and crew aboard a plane that crashed in central Iran on Sunday were believed to have been killed, state media reported.
Israel strikes Gaza after soldiers hurt, two Palestinians dead
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli fire killed two Palestinian teenagers in Gaza, local health officials said on Sunday, after Israel launched attacks against 18 targets belonging to militant groups in the enclave in response to an explosion that wounded four Is…
Domestic passenger plane with 66 on board crashes in central Iran
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian passenger plane with 66 people on board crashed in central Iran on Sunday during a flight from Tehran to the city of Yasuj in the southwest of the country, Iranian media reported.
Australia’s PM in damage control as scandal undermines deputy
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull brushed aside suggestions of a rift in his coalition government on Sunday, saying there were “no issues” between the Liberal and National parties in the wake of a sex scandal that has swampe…
Leftist and young buck lead as Mexico parties make presidential picks
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s political parties will formally choose presidential candidates on Sunday, setting the stage for a race between a leftist holding a strong lead, a young leader of a right-left coalition catching up, and a trailing ruling…
U.S. still unsure who directed Syria attack, despite Russian dead
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is still unsure who directed a Feb. 7 attack on U.S. and U.S.-backed forces in Syria, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday, even as he acknowledged accounts that Russian civilian contractors were involv…
