Turkey’s top judge backs new constitution, calls for consensus
ANKARA (Reuters) – The newly appointed president of Turkey’s highest court said on Monday the country needed a new constitution and called on political parties to reach what has long proved an elusive consensus on the issue.
One more Ukrainian serviceman killed in eastern Ukraine: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and three other were wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours in the east, the Ukrainian military said on Monday.
Leftist Akinci wins north Cyprus election, seeking peace deal
NICOSIA (Reuters) – A leftist moderate promising to press for a peace deal in ethnically-split Cyprus swept to victory in a Turkish Cypriot presidential election runoff on Sunday.
Freak storm kills 45 in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A freak “mini-cyclone” tore roofs of buildings and brought down trees and power poles in Pakistan, killing 45 people and injuring more than 200, officials said on Monday.
Iran bans magazine for encouraging cohabitation over wedlock: report
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran’s hardline judiciary has banned a magazine for encouraging cohabitation, known as “white marriage” in the Islamic Republic where sex outside wedlock is a crime, the Shargh newspaper reported on Monday.
Set to begin, U.S. plan for Syrian rebels already mired in doubt
REYHANLI, Turkey/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of Syrian rebels are approaching the start of U.S. training to battle Islamic State, without knowing whether or how Washington would come to their aid on the battlefield and as other rebel leaders say th…
PM Abe’s party eyes revision of Japan pacifist constitution by late 2018
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party wants to revise Japan’s constitution by late 2018 to remove constraints on his defense strategy, a key party lawmaker said, an ambitious target since the charter has not been changed since Amer…
Pakistan military’s move on Karachi seen part of ‘creeping coup’
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The chief of Pakistan’s main spy agency is spearheading a campaign to wrest control of the teeming port city of Karachi from a powerful political party, the military’s latest, and some say boldest, foray into civilian life in rece…
Merkel-Tsipras phone call confirmed amid cash squeeze report
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German government spokesman confirmed on Monday that Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a telephone conversation on Sunday but declined to comment on the contents of their conversation.
Kazakh veteran leader Nazarbayev wins new term by a landslide
ASTANA (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev won a new term at the helm of Central Asia’s largest economy by a landslide in Sunday’s election, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said.
