FlyBe airplane landing gear collapses at Amsterdam airport
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The landing gear of a FlyBe airplane collapsed during landing at Amsterdam’s Schiphol on Thursday, causing it to veer off the runway. There were no injuries, the airport said in a statement.
Deadly blast hits chemical plant in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT (Reuters) – An explosion occurred at a chemical plant in the city of Ferghana in Uzbekistan, killing an undisclosed number of people, the Central Asian country’s emergency ministry said on Thursday.
Scottish government believes it can call, win new independence vote: sources
LONDON/EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The Scottish government is increasingly confident it can win a new independence referendum and is considering calling one next year as Britain exits the European Union, sources close to the Edinburgh administration say.
Victims of sex crime race strict Indian abortion deadline
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Shiny Varghese Padiyara knew she faced a race against time when a woman rescued from a brothel was brought to her shelter in the Indian city of Pune and then said she wanted to end her 19-week pregnancy.
Italy minister to challenge Renzi for leadership of ruling party
ROME (Reuters) – Justice Minister Andrea Orlando said on Thursday he would challenge former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi for the leadership of Italy’s ruling Democratic Party (PD), which is in the throes of a damaging split.
Conservative German lawmakers warn against politicizing NATO funding
BERLIN (Reuters) – Two senior members of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on Thursday warned election rivals the Social Democrats (SPD) against politicizing Germany’s efforts to increase military spending, saying security threats made such step…
Germany’s Social Democrats overtake Merkel’s conservatives in poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats have overtaken Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in an opinion poll by Infratest dimap for the first time since October 2006, with seven months to go before a federal election.
Israel shoots down Hamas drone from Gaza Strip: military
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli fighter jet on Thursday shot down a drone belonging to the Islamist group Hamas that had taken off from the Gaza Strip, the military said.
Malaysia requests Interpol alert on four North Koreans over airport murder
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has requested Interpol to put an alert out to apprehend four North Korean suspects in the murder of the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Malaysia’s police chief said on Thursday.
Pope suggests ‘better to be atheist than hypocritical Catholic’
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis delivered another criticism of some members of his own Church on Thursday, suggesting it is better to be an atheist than one of “many” Catholics who he said lead a hypocritical double life.
