UAE armed forces to buy two Boeing C-17 planes for $618 million: spokesman
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates armed forces has signed a deal with Boeing worth 2.27 billion dirhams ($618 million) to purchase two C-17 aircraft, said Obaid al-Ketbi, chairman of the organizing committee for the International Defence E…
Russia’s Gazprom says can exempt rebel-held areas from Ukraine gas contract
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin-controlled Gazprom said on Thursday it would exempt gas supplies to rebel-held regions from its main contract with Ukrainian Naftogaz, days before Kiev uses up gas volumes it has already paid for.
Air strike kills 17 Islamic State militants, Baghdadi said nearby
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A coalition air strike in western Iraq killed at least 17 Islamic State militants overnight, a hospital source said on Thursday, and an Arabic TV channel said the group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been in the area several hour…
U.S. deserter needs Iraq war crimes evidence to be refugee: EU court
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A U.S. soldier who deserted because he thought the Iraq war was illegal could have grounds for seeking asylum in Germany but only if he can show he would have been involved in war crimes, Europe’s highest court said on Thursday.
German lawmakers to back Greek extension despite misgivings
BERLIN (Reuters) – German lawmakers signaled that they will approve an extension of Greece’s bailout with an overwhelming majority in parliament on Friday although many will do so reluctantly amid fears Athens will not deliver on its reform promises.
Suicide bomb strikes top NATO envoy team in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into a vehicle belonging to NATO’s top envoy in Afghanistan, killing one Turkish soldier and wounding at least one person, Turkish officials said.
UAE regulator lets airlines resume Baghdad flights after shooting
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates’ civil aviation regulator has given approval for local carriers to resume flights to Baghdad, reversing a directive that halted flights after bullets hit a Dubai plane as it landed in the Iraqi capital late la…
Bahrain sentences three men to death for killing policeman
MANAMA (Reuters) – Three Shi’ite Muslim men were sentenced to death by a Bahrain court on Thursday and seven others were given a life term for killing three policeman, the kingdom’s Public Prosecution said on its Twitter account.
Arson damages Christian seminary in Jerusalem in suspected hate crime
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An arson attack damaged a Greek Orthodox seminary near Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday and anti-Christian graffiti in Hebrew at the scene suggested the incident was a hate crime.
China’s military says no modernization without respect of law
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military can only achieve its modernization goals if it respects the law, the Central Military Commission said on Thursday, offering a warning to the armed forces which have reeled from a series of graft scandals.
