French do not want Hollande-Sarkozy re-match in 2017: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Almost three quarters of French people want neither French President Francois Hollande nor his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy to run for the presidency in 2017 and are eager to see new faces, according to a poll published on Saturday.
Militants attack Indian air base near Pakistan, seven dead
PATHANKOT/NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) – Militants launched a deadly attack on an Indian Air Force base near the Pakistan border on Saturday, exchanging fire with Indian forces who, backed by tanks and helicopters, battled for more than 15 hours before w…
Vietnam protests after China lands plane on disputed Spratlys
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam formally accused China of violating its sovereignty and a recent confidence-building pact on Saturday by landing a plane on an airstrip Beijing has built in a contested part of the South China Sea.
Saudi-led coalition ending Yemen ceasefire, state news agency says
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Saudi-led coalition that has been bombing the Houthi movement in Yemen for nine months announced on Saturday the end of a ceasefire that began on Dec. 15, the Saudi state news agency SPA said, in a setback to attempts to end the con…
Anti-ISIS group claims cyber-attack on BBC, says was only a test
LONDON (Reuters) – A group of computer hackers that wants to target Islamic State has claimed it was behind a cyber attack on the BBC which it intended as a test of its own capabilities, according to messages sent to a reporter at the broadcaster on Sa…
After alert, German minister urges closer ties to foreign agencies
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Saturday closer cooperation with foreign security services was needed after a New Year’s Eve security alert in Munich highlighted fears about an attack on German soil.
British soldiers may face Iraq prosecutions: investigator
LONDON (Reuters) – British soldiers may be put on trial for alleged crimes committed in Iraq including murder, the head of a government unit investigating claims of torture and unlawful killing said in an interview published on Saturday.
Putin names United States among threats in new Russian security strategy
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A new appraisal names the United States as one of the threats to Russia’s national security for the first time, a sign of how relations with the west have deteriorated in recent years.
Afghan forces free 59 prisoners from Taliban jail in south
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan special forces freed 59 prisoners from a Taliban jail in Helmand, officials said on Saturday, as government troops redouble their efforts to drive back the insurgents who have seized large parts of the volatile southern provinc…
Defiant Iran pledges to ramp up missile program, in challenge for Obama
DUBAI (Reuters) – A series of Iranian officials vowed on Friday to expand Tehran’s missile capabilities, a challenge to the United States which has threatened to impose new sanctions even as the vast bulk of its measures against Iran are due to be lift…
