Iran says it will use influence to broker peace in Yemen
LISBON (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that his country would use all its influence to broker a peace deal for Yemen in order to end Saudi-led air strikes against Houthi rebel forces allied to Iran.
At least three killed, peacekeepers injured in Mali suicide attack: U.N.
BAMAKO (Reuters) – At least three civilians were killed and nine United Nations peacekeepers seriously injured in a suicide attack on Wednesday at a U.N. base in town of Ansongo in northern Mali, a spokesman for the peacekeeping mission said.
German air controllers urge remote control of planes after crash
FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – The German air traffic control authority has urged the aviation industry to develop technology that ground staff could use in an emergency to take remote command of a plane, which could help prevent a repeat of a Germanwing…
Panic on Med migrant boat pitched hundreds to their deaths: IOM
GENEVA (Reuters) – Hundreds of people desperate to be rescued from a packed migrant boat in the Mediterranean pushed to one side when they saw a ship approach, capsizing the craft and pitching everyone into the sea where hundreds died, an official said…
Fearful immigrants shut Johannesburg shops as anti-foreigner violence rages
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Immigrants in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest commercial city, shut their shops on Wednesday as a wave of anti-foreigner violence that has killed four people near the city of Durban threatened to spread, police sa…
One Ukrainian serviceman killed in past 24 hours in east: military
KIEV (Reuters) – One Ukrainian soldier was killed and two wounded in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said on Wednesday, as NATO’s top commander voiced concern over renewed fighting.
South Korea orders inspection of Asiana A320 pilots after plane skids off runway
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean authorities said on Wednesday they planned an “urgent competence inspection” of Asiana Airlines pilots flying Airbus A320 planes, the day after one of the planes skidded off a runway in Japan.
Nine killed in Bangladesh house collapse, dozens may be trapped
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least nine people were killed in central Dhaka on Wednesday when a two-storey home built on swampy ground collapsed, Bangladeshi police and fire service officials said.
At least three killed in Guinea protests: opposition
CONAKRY (Reuters) – At least three people were killed and 50 wounded during two days of violent protests this week in Guinea’s capital Conakry, opposition parties said on Wednesday, blaming police “repression” for the deaths.
MH17 team gain access to new debris field, hope to find last two victims
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Nine months after Malaysian Airlines MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine, investigators have gained access to the area where the last unexamined wreckage lies and hope to recover remains of the last two victims.
