Germanwings co-pilot had serious depressive episode: Bild newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) – The pilot who appears to have deliberately crashed a plane carrying 149 others into the French Alps received psychiatric treatment for a “serious depressive episode” six years ago, German tabloid Bild reported on Friday.
Turkey passes tough new security law, raising fears of election crackdowns
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s parliament overwhelmingly passed a security law on Friday to broaden police powers and allow the use of firearms against demonstrators, deepening fears of crackdowns on dissent ahead of parliamentary elections.
Manila’s Aquino urges Congress to push ahead with Muslim autonomous region
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Friday urged lawmakers to resume debating a proposed law on an autonomous territory in the Muslim south, in a bid to end a 45-year conflict that has killed 120,000 people.
Thailand keeps suspected Uighurs in custody amid Turkey-China tug-of-war
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A family of 17 suspected Uighur Muslims at the center of a diplomatic tug-of-war between Turkey and China will remain in custody after a Thai court on Friday rejected their argument that their prolonged detention was illegal.
China ‘seriously concerned’ by Philippine’s building in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Ministry expressed serious concern on Friday after the Philippines said it would resume repair and reconstruction works on disputed islands in the South China Sea, saying Manila was infringing on Chinese sovereignty….
Co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing Germanwings jet
PARIS/SEYNE-LES-ALPES (Reuters) – A young German co-pilot barricaded himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings flight 9525 and apparently set it on course to crash into an Alpine mountain, killing all 150 people on board including himself, French pro…
Syria’s Assad says West wants to weaken Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused the West of trying to weaken Russia by turning Ukraine into a puppet state, a tactic he said had also been used against his own country.
Exclusive: Chemical arms body to investigate allegations of Syrian chlorine gas attack – source
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The global chemical weapons watchdog will investigate allegations of a chlorine gas attack on a Syrian village that killed six and wounded dozens earlier this month, a source told Reuters on Thursday.
Ten killed in stampede during Hindu ritual in Bangladesh
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least 10 people were killed in a stampede during a Hindu ritual attended by thousands of devotees on the banks of a river near the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka, police said on Friday.
Australia’s NSW state election set to greenlight blockbuster energy sell-off
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian state of New South Wales is expected to re-elect its conservative government on Saturday, endorsing the country’s largest ever privatization, the partial sale of a state-owned electricity network worth around A$17 bill…
