French prosecutor seeks suspended jail term for long-time Sarkozy aide
PARIS (Reuters) – A public prosecutor demanded on Wednesday that Nicolas Sarkozy’s top aide before and after he became French president be handed a suspended jail sentence and fined for pocketing money from a cash fund used for police investigations.
Turkish military says Syria-based missile systems harassed its jets along border
ANKARA (Reuters) – Syria-based missile systems harassed Turkey’s warplanes on Tuesday while eight F-16 jets were on a patrol flight along the Syria border, the Turkish military said on Wednesday.
‘Idea of India’ debate rages after man killed over beef rumors
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The murder of a Muslim man over rumors he consumed beef has fueled a fierce debate over India’s rising intolerance toward religious minorities, with President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday calling for a tradition of tolerance to b…
Somali militants kill president’s nephew in ambush
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Islamist al Shabaab gunmen ambushed and killed the nephew of Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud in the capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and the rebels said.
Russian warships launch rockets on Islamic State in Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Four Russian warships in the Caspian Sea launched 26 rockets at Islamic State in Syria which hit their targets, Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and President Vladimir Putin said in a joint television appearance on Wednesday.
In Myanmar, young programmers launch first-ever election app
YANGON (Reuters) – Huddled in an open-plan office atop a tower block in Yangon’s scruffy downtown, a group of teenagers in jeans and T-shirts sifts through the list of candidates in Myanmar’s election and stares at their computer screens and mobile pho…
Italy diocese fires Roman Catholic priest over pedophilia comments
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Italy’s Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday fired a priest who said he could “understand” how pedophilia by clergy could occur because some children yearned for affection.
Nepal considers air-lifting fuel as India border stays shut
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal is considering air-lifting fuel, possibly from Bangladesh, as supply routes from India stay blocked by protesters opposing its new constitution, a short-term solution ahead of a key festival even as the government talks to C…
Greek police say break migrant smuggler ring, arrest 12 people
ATHENS (Reuters) – Police said on Wednesday they had broken up an international criminal organization smuggling migrants and refugees through Greece, one of the main gateways into the European Union.
Rome’s main airport reopens terminal after false alarm: ministry
ROME (Reuters) – One of the terminals at Rome’s Fiumicino airport, Italy’s busiest, reopened on Wednesday after it had been evacuated because of a suspect piece of luggage, a spokesman at the Interior Ministry said.
