Video shows last seconds of Germanwings flight before crash: Bild
BERLIN (Reuters) – A video showing the chaotic final seconds on board the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps last week has been discovered near the site, Germany’s Bild daily reported on Wednesday, saying it had seen the footage.
Released Serbian nationalist flaunts freedom, burns Croatian flag
BELGRADE (Reuters) – A Serbian ultra-nationalist released on compassionate grounds by a United Nations war crimes court flaunted his freedom on Wednesday by setting fire to a Croatian flag two days after judges ordered him to return.
Shells launched at U.N. base in north Mali: sources
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Unknown attackers fired shells at a United Nations base on the outskirts of a town in northern Mali early on Wednesday, residents told Reuters.
Palestinians prepared to trigger case as they join ICC
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Palestinian Authority joined the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, a move deeply opposed by Israel, vowing to hand over suspects to The Hague, including their own government officials.
Pakistan MQM member arrested in London for money-laundering
LONDON (Reuters) – A member of one of Pakistan’s major political parties, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), was arrested in London on Wednesday on suspicion of money-laundering, the party said.
Foreign brewers battle for Ethiopia’s beer drinkers
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – International brewers are helping transform Ethiopia’s business landscape as it slowly sells the assets of the former communist state and opens up to foreigners drawn to one of Africa’s fastest growing economies.
Turkish Airlines flight returns to Istanbul after bags found
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish Airlines flight to Lisbon was diverted back to Istanbul on Wednesday after unaccompanied baggage was found on board, a spokeswoman told Reuters.
Turkey vows to hunt down ‘dark forces’ behind Istanbul hostage-taking
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s justice minister said on Wednesday two hostage takers who seized an Istanbul prosecutor had “held a gun to the nation” and vowed to hunt down the “dark forces” responsible, after all three were killed in a police rescue at…
Over 100 business bosses back PM Cameron’s Conservatives ahead of British election
LONDON (Reuters) – Over 100 British company bosses publicly backed Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative-led government on Wednesday and warned a change of course for Britain’s $2.8 trillion economy under a Labour government would put the recover…
Rockslide at Myanmar jade mine kills nine, around 20 missing
YANGON (Reuters) – A rockslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed at least nine miners, and rescuers were searching for around 20 others, state media reported on Wednesday, two days after the accident.




