Israelis near Gaza fear Hamas is tunneling beneath them
PRI GAN, Israel/GAZA (Reuters) – Nissim Hakmon and his neighbors say they hear banging and clattering at night. They are convinced it can only mean one thing: Hamas is tunneling under their homes from Gaza and will one day emerge, guns blazing, to atta…
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says sanctions against Russia must remain
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday urged the West to maintain sanctions against Russia over its backing of militants in the east of the country.
Ex-IMF chief Rato faces trial over Spanish credit card use
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court said on Monday it will open a trial against former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato and dozens of other people alleged to have misused credit cards for personal expenses while at Spanish lender Bankia.
Israel hopes for EU leverage with East Mediterranean push
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel, Cyprus and Greece have agreed to deepen their energy, security and tourism ties in the Eastern Mediterranean, a deal that may have implications for Israel’s testy relationship with the European Union, too.
U.N. chief tells Israel, Palestinians: ‘writing is on the wall’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is concerned a stalemate in the peace process between Israel and Palestinians is reaching the point of no return for a two-state solution.
Ivory Coast ex-president presented as peace-loving victim of France
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, charged with fomenting a 2010 crisis that led to 3,000 deaths, actually tried to resolve the deadlock that plunged the country into civil war, his lawyers said on Monday.
Battle to honor slain Putin critic Nemtsov unfolds beneath Kremlin towers
MOSCOW (Reuters) – As the Kremlin clock inched toward midnight and the ice-bound river beneath their feet melted, a group of Russians silently stood on the bridge where Boris Nemtsov, the Putin critic and opposition leader, was killed nearly a year ago…
Artists and prisoners face former foes as Myanmar’s new rulers take seats
YANGON (Reuters) – Taking his seat in Myanmar’s parliament for the first time, Myo Zaw Aung, a one-time bodyguard for Aung San Suu Kyi, acknowledged the dozens of new lawmakers from her National League for Democracy (NLD) had a daunting task ahead.
Russia’s military says Turkey’s airspace violation claim a ‘provocation’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Turkey’s allegations that a Russian warplane violated its airspace are not backed by any factual data and are a premeditated provocation, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Monday.
China’s Xi sets up five new ‘battle zones’ in military reform push
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Monday inaugurated the military’s five new “battle zones”, the Defense Ministry said, the latest step in President Xi Jinping’s efforts to reform the country’s armed forces.
