France’s Hollande backs his beleaguered chief of staff
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande on Sunday backed his chief of staff, who has come under fire after giving contradictory accounts of a conversation with an opposition politician about ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy’s legal troubles.
Germany regrets diplomat’s expulsion from Moscow
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German diplomat working in Moscow has been expelled, a German government official said, shortly after a Russian diplomat working in Bonn was expelled amid media reports he was a spy.
Pakistani army: 1,200 militants killed during five-month offensive
MIR ALI Pakistan (Reuters) – The Pakistani army has killed 1,200 suspected militants in an anti-Taliban offensive during the past five months, seriously reducing the group’s ability to carry out attacks, senior officers said on Sunday during a rare tri…
Local emergency services start collecting MH17 wreckage: Dutch air inspectors
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Local emergency services in eastern Ukraine have begun collecting parts of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from its crash site in the middle of the conflict zone, Dutch air accident investigators said on Sunday.
On anniversary of toppling Moscow’s rule, Czechs fear back-sliding
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czechs who helped bring about the “Velvet Revolution” that overthrew Kremlin-backed Communist rule are marking the 25th anniversary this week by accusing the country’s present-day leaders of once again cosying up to Russia.
Battered by falling prices, Kenya’s tea farmers threaten to uproot
NANDI HILLS Kenya (Reuters) – Emerald-colored tea bushes blanketing the rolling hills of Nandi County have long provided a livelihood for small-scale farmers, helping make Kenya one of the world’s biggest tea exporters.
Armed clashes in Libya’s Tripoli, airport shutdown
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Armed clashes broke out in Libya’s capital Tripoli closing down the city’s main working airport, local residents and an official said on Sunday.
Mexican president promises answers on tainted luxury home
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said late on Saturday the government would next week give answers about a luxury house acquired by his wife that has raised questions about the ethical standards of his administration.
Four Pakistani soldiers dead, eight missing after checkpoint attack
DERA ISMAIL KHAN/WANA Pakistan (Reuters) – Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and at least eight were missing after insurgents using rockets and grenades stormed a checkpoint overnight in the remote border region of North Waziristan, security sources …
Company denies rat poison in pills linked to India sterilization deaths
RAIPUR India (Reuters) – The company at the center of a probe into why more than a dozen women died after being sterilized in India has denied that the antibiotic tablets it manufactured were contaminated with a chemical compound commonly found in rat …
