Russia launches large-scale air defense drills
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has begun air defense exercises in the Ural mountains and western Siberia involving 12,000 soldiers and 250 aircraft, the defense ministry said on Tuesday.
Security at Vienna Airport suspected of human trafficking, Britain’s G4S sacks employee
VIENNA (Reuters) – Private security staff at Vienna Airport are suspected of smuggling refugees, mainly Sri Lankans, through security checks onto flights to the United States and Britain, Austrian prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Netanyahu offers to resume peace talks with settlement focus, official says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed resuming peace negotiations with the Palestinians but with the initial focus on identifying those Jewish settlements that Israel would keep and be allowed to expand, an Israeli offici…
Kenya says five policemen wounded by Al Shabaab, no deaths
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Five Kenyan police officers were wounded by Somali militants who attacked two patrols in rural areas in the east of the country, Kenya’s police chief said on Tuesday, contradicting earlier reports that about 20 people were killed in…
Fire at China nursing home kills 38: state media
BEIJING (Reuters) – A fire at an aged care home in China’s central Henan province killed 38 people, state media said, the latest disaster in a country with a poor record on work safety.
Taliban suicide bombers attack Afghan court killing two
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban suicide bombers attacked a court in Wardak province on Tuesday, killing two police officers before being shot dead as they entered the compound, the police chief said.
Malaysia refuses entry to Hong Kong pro-democracy student activist
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian immigration authorities on Tuesday denied entry to Hong Kong student activist Joshua Wong, who had been invited to the Southeast Asian nation to participate in academic talks on democracy in China and last year’s prot…
Taiwan offers South China Sea peace plan
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan proposed a peace initiative on Tuesday to resolve territorial disputes in the South China Sea that it says will reduce tensions that have put Beijing at odds with its neighbors and the United States.
One Ukrainian servicemen killed in rebel attack on ambulance
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian serviceman was killed and another wounded when pro-Russian separatists attacked a military ambulance near Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the head of the Kiev-controlled regional administration said on Tuesday.
Around 25 Kenyan police killed in al Shabaab attacks
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Al Shabaab gunmen killed around 25 Kenyan police on Monday, ambushing some officers in a village in the east of the country after others died when their vehicle hit a landmine planted by the militants, their military spokesman said….
