EU leaders likely to decide on new Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders asked their foreign ministers on Tuesday to consider possible new sanctions on Russia in response to a rebel offensive in eastern Ukraine, but a final decision to impose them is likely to be left to a summit …
Car bomb explodes outside hotel in Libya’s Tripoli: witnesses
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded in front of a Tripoli luxury hotel on Tuesday, witnesses said.
Exclusive: AirAsia probe vets possible computer glitch, crew response
SINGAPORE/PARIS (Reuters) – Investigators probing the crash of an AirAsia jetliner are examining maintenance records of a key part of its automated control systems, and how the pilots may have handled the plane if it failed, two people familiar with th…
Indonesia military pulls out of recovery effort for crashed AirAsia jet
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s military on Tuesday withdrew from search and recovery efforts a month after an AirAsia passenger jet crashed into the sea killing all 162 people on board, navy officials said.
Philippines suspends special forces police chief over deadly clash
MANILA (Reuters) – The chief of the Philippines’ special forces police unit has been suspended over his handling of an operation at the weekend to arrest two wanted Islamic militants that left over 40 commandos dead, the interior minister said on Tuesd…
Belgium detains three men with links to radical groups: prosecutors
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian police have detained three men in the western Belgian town of Kortrijk with links to “radicalized groups” and found weapons while searching their homes, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
South Korea, China warn Japan not to backtrack on apology over wartime past
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and China warned Japan on Tuesday not to backtrack on its apology issued 20 years ago over its wartime past when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe makes a statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two.
Bullets hit flydubai passenger jet at Baghdad airport
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bullets hit a passenger jet operated by budget carrier Dubai Aviation Corp, known as flydubai, as it was landing at Baghdad airport, the company and officials said on Tuesday.
Emirates suspends Baghdad flights after shooting involving flydubai: executive
DUBAI (Reuters) – Emirates Airlines suspended flights to Baghdad on Tuesday, an Emirates executive said, after a shooting incident involving Dubai’s flydubai carrier at the airport of the Iraqi capital.
Car bomb kills one in Egypt’s Alexandria: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – One person was killed by a car bomb, parked near a police station by suspected Islamist militants, in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early on Tuesday, security sources said.
