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.
Local vendors, not supermarkets, key to Africa food security
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Traditional markets sell more than 85 percent of the food consumed in sub-Saharan Africa, and rather than replacing them with Western-style supermarkets, governments should train local vendors to improve food safety,…
Turkey detains 26 security officers over illegal wiretapping
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 26 security officers on Tuesday on suspicion of illegally wiretapping politicians, civil servants and businessmen, Dogan News Agency reported.
In South Korea, childcare burden derails women’s careers
SEOUL (Reuters) – Ahn Ji-sun was looking forward to going back to work after she had her second child. But she had no one to babysit the kids.
