Putin not done in eastern Ukraine, NATO’s top general says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is not done in eastern Ukraine, NATO’s top commander said on Thursday, cautioning that Russia has been building up supplies on its border with Ukraine and keeping its military options open.
Russian court arrests suspected Lithuanian spy: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia arrested a suspected Lithuanian spy on Thursday, a court spokeswoman said, adding to a list of espionage allegations as tensions grow between Moscow and the Baltic states it once governed.
Bosnian Serb leader: Srebrenica was 20th century’s ‘greatest deception’
ZURICH/SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik called the 1995 Srebrenica massacre “the greatest deception of the 20th century” on Thursday in reaction to Swiss rejection of a Serbian extradition request for the Muslim wartime defender of the region.
Mozambique turns 40, high on gas prospects
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Mozambique turned 40 on Thursday, mixing formal military parades with exuberant African dancing as it turned from a generation of civil war and poverty to look to a more prosperous future, powered, it hopes, by vast amounts of natura…
Armenian premier holds out olive branch to protesters
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenia’s prime minister held out an olive branch on Thursday to thousands of people protesting for a fourth day against plans to raise electricity prices, offering concessions for the poor.
Mediator proposes new ‘compromise’ peace plan for South Sudan
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The chief mediator in South Sudan peace talks said on Thursday he hoped a new “compromise” proposal would put an end to 18 months of ethnic bloodletting in the world’s youngest country.
South Africa cabinet says to review its ICC membership
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s government will review its membership of the International Criminal Court over a dispute about Pretoria’s failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, a cabinet minister said on Thursday.
Bomb squad investigates Turkish Airlines in Copenhagen: local agency
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A bomb squad is investigating a Turkish Airlines plane that landed in Copenhagen on Thursday afternoon local time, Danish news agency Ritzau reported, citing a duty police officer at Copenhagen Police.
Dutch court: Facebook must turn over user data in sex video case
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Facebook must turn over any information it possesses that could help a young woman find out who published a sex video of her without her consent, a Dutch court ruled on Thursday.
South African court says Mandela, Zuma relatives must pay for mine “pipe dream”
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Relatives of the Nelson Mandela and South African President Jacob Zuma acted in a reckless and fraudulent manner when they stripped the assets of two mines operated by their company, a court ruled on Thursday.
