Turkey accuses Russia of playing up military threat after downed jet
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey accused Russia on Wednesday of playing up a military threat from Ankara that does not exist, comments likely to further strain tensions between the two after the downing of a jet over Syria last month.
Confusion clouds Saudi Arabia’s coalition against militancy
RIYADH (Reuters) – Western nations welcomed Saudi Arabia’s new Islamic coalition against terrorism, but confusion over its role, even among its own members, may undermine its ambitions of tackling militancy and deflecting international criticism of Riy…
Ukraine to suspend trade with Crimea in 30 days: PM Yatseniuk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine will suspend trade with Crimea in 30 days time, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday, adding that restoring electricity to the peninsula will be a separate issue.
EU adopts tougher rules on tracking jetliners
BRUSSELS/PARIS (Reuters) – The European Union on Wednesday adopted new rules to make it easier to track jetliners, stepping up international efforts to prevent a repeat of the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jet with 239 people on board.
Britons skeptical over Cameron’s EU reform bid: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Fewer than one in five Britons think Prime Minister David Cameron can secure all the reforms he wants from the European Union, according to an opinion poll on Wednesday.
Freedom of speech reaches ‘new low’ in junta-ruled Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s military seized power last year with a promise to eventually restore democracy. But a crackdown against critics of the monarchy and junta suggest the country is locked on a darker trajectory, say U.N. officials and human …
Spain’s PM says open to pact after too-close-to-call election
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, facing a likely slim win at the election on Sunday according to opinion polls, said on Wednesday he would consider a political pact to assure a stable government over the next term.
China tightens rules on maps amid territorial disputes
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has tightened its rules on the distribution of maps that violate the government’s stance on territorial disputes, state television said on Wednesday.
Wave of arrests after Pakistan school massacre has unclear results
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has arrested nearly 100,000 people under a counter-terrorism program enacted after a massacre of school children a year ago, though only about 2,000 of them were militants, a senior Interior Ministry official told Reuters…
Iran’s October missile test violated U.N. ban: expert panel
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran violated a U.N. Security Council resolution in October by test-firing a missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead, a team of sanctions monitors said, leading to calls in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday for more sancti…
