NATO sees resilience as key issue in AWACS replacement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Resilience, innovation and advances in technology will be key factors as NATO maps out a multibillion-dollar effort to replace its aging fleet of 17 Boeing Co E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, a top…
Pilot held by Islamic State puts Jordan’s king in a tough spot
AMMAN (Reuters) – The fate of a Jordanian pilot held by Islamic State has raised public pressure on King Abdullah over his country’s role in the U.S-led military campaign against the hardline group in Syria, fuelling the risk of broader discontent in t…
Bombs at luxury mall rattle tense Bangkok
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Two pipe bombs exploded outside a luxury shopping mall in Bangkok on Sunday in an attack which Thai police said was aimed at raising tension in a city living under martial law.
Deadly clashes rage in east Ukraine after peace talks fail
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting raged in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as pro-Russian separatists used artillery fire to try to dislodge government forces from a strategic rail hub after peace talks collapsed.
Hungarians rally to remind government of Western allegiance
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Several thousand people demonstrated outside Hungary’s parliament on Sunday, telling the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban to respect its Western ties a day before a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Blast targeting bus near Shi’ite shrine in Damascus kills six
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A bomb tore apart a bus carrying Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims in Damascus on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding 19 in a rare attack at the centre of the Syrian capital, a Reuters witness and local media said.
Boko Haram insurgents attack northeast Nigeria’s capital city
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Boko Haram insurgents attacked the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Sunday, security sources said, their second assault in a week on a city they hope to make the capital of a breakaway Islamist state.
Yemen’s Houthis give parties three days to solve crisis
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Houthi movement on Sunday gave political factions three days to agree a way out of a crisis that led to the resignation of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi before the group imposes its own solution.
Pro-democracy protesters back in Hong Kong, no violence
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of pro-democracy protesters returned to the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in the first large-scale rally since demonstrations rocked the global financial hub late last year.
Tunisia’s Islamist party agrees to join coalition government
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party Ennahda has agreed to join its main rival secular party Nidaa Tounes in a coalition government, party leaders said on Sunday.
