Experts pore over evidence of downed Malaysian Airlines plane
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A team that includes Dutch and Ukrainian investigators have begun examining evidence from the MH17 Malaysia Airlines flight that was downed in eastern Ukraine in July 2014, killing all on board, Dutch prosecutors said on Tuesday.
France, Germany propose 10 billion euro fund for refugee crisis: Macron
BERLIN (Reuters) – France and Germany are proposing a 10 billion euro ($10.65 billion) fund to help tackle the refugee crisis facing Europe, French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday at an event in Berlin.
Syria insurgents destroy Russian helicopter with missile
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian fighters destroyed a Russian helicopter with a missile, shortly after they forced it to make an emergency landing in a nearby government-held area in Syria’s Latakia province on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
Putin’s ‘realpolitik’ aims to make Russia indispensable
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – By intervening in Syria, President Vladimir Putin has broken Russia’s relative isolation and is making it the “indispensable nation” in conflicts in Syria, Ukraine and with Islamic State while the United States balks at deeper invo…
Taliban appoint top official to Qatar political office
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban have appointed a veteran official to run a political office in Qatar, a spokesman for the militant group said on Tuesday, while blaming the presence of foreign troops for stalled talks to end the 14-year war.
Russia prepares reprisals against Ukraine over Crimea blackout
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday it would cut off gas supplies to Ukraine and threatened to halt coal deliveries, ratcheting up a dispute over a power blackout in Crimea at a time when a ceasefire between Kiev and separatist rebels is fra…
Iran says U.S. has plan to divide Iraq, pleads with Iraqis to resist
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday accused the United States of trying to divide Iraq along sectarian and ethnic lines and urged Iraqis to withstand any such plans.
Bahrain jails reporter on terrorism charges: rights group
RIYADH (Reuters) – Bahrain this week jailed a freelance photographer for 10 years and stripped him of his nationality after convicting him of terrorism, the media rights group Reporters sans Frontiers said on Tuesday.
French anti-terror police descend on ‘White Emir’ village
TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) – French anti-terrorist police accompanied by helicopters descended on a small southwestern French village on Tuesday searching for a Salafist preacher suspected of mentoring young jihadists, a source close to the case said.
Portuguese president names Socialist Costa as premier
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s president named Socialist leader Antonio Costa as prime minister on Tuesday, ending weeks of political stalemate and paving the way for the first Socialist government backed in parliament by the far left.
