Turkish cargo jet crashes into Kyrgyz village, 37 killed
BISHKEK (Reuters) – A Turkish cargo jet smashed into a village in Kyrgyzstan on Monday as it tried to land at a nearby airport in dense fog, killing at least 37 people, Kyrgyz officials and the airline said.
Serbia wants to annex part of Kosovo using ‘Crimea model’: president
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Serbia plans to seize a slice of northern Kosovo just as Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014, Kosovo’s president told Reuters on Monday, as the two Balkan neighbors trade accusations of wanting to ignite a new regional w…
Tunisian beach gunman ‘walked nearly two miles’ before being shot, UK inquest hears
LONDON (Reuters) – The gunman who murdered 30 Britons on a Tunisian beach in 2015 had been able to walk nearly two miles on his killing spree before being shot dead by security forces, inquests into the deaths heard on Monday.
Iraqi forces battle Islamic State near Tigris river in Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi special forces battled Islamic State militants in districts near the Tigris river in Mosul on Monday as they sought to bring more of the east of the city back under government control.
Cambodia suspends annual military drill with United States
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia has suspended joint military exercises with the United States this year that were due to have been held for the eighth year in a row, a defense ministry spokesman said on Monday.
Trump says NATO is obsolete but still ‘very important to me’
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said NATO was obsolete because it had not defended against terror attacks, but that the military alliance was still very important to him, The Times of London reported.
Japan pledges boats to Vietnam as China dispute simmers
HANOI (Reuters) – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday promised Vietnam six new patrol boats during a visit to the Southeast Asian country, which is locked in a dispute with China over the busy South China Sea.
South Korea prosecutor seeks arrest of Samsung chief for bribery
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s special prosecutor on Monday sought a warrant to arrest the head of Samsung Group [SAGR.UL], the country’s largest conglomerate, accusing him of paying multi-million dollar bribes to a friend of President Park Geun-hye.
Hard Brexit fears hit pound ahead of May speech
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s pound fell on Monday as concern mounted that the country was heading for a “hard” Brexit from the European Union and its single market, a day before a speech by Prime Minister Theresa May on the government’s plans.
Iran sticks to deadline of nuclear deal with centrifuge move: IAEA
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has complied with a deadline set by its landmark nuclear deal with world powers by removing hundreds of centrifuges, machines that enrich uranium, from a site buried deep inside a mountain, the U.N. atomic agency said on Monday….
