Voting in Turkey’s presidential election begins at borders
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish nationals living abroad began casting their ballots on Saturday at border customs offices, launching the voting cycle in the country’s first direct presidential election.
United States pulls embassy staff from Libya due to security concerns
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – The United States evacuated its embassy in Libya on Saturday, temporarily relocating its staff across the border to Tunisia because of escalating clashes between rival militias in Tripoli, the U.S. State Department said. The U.S. pu…
Boko Haram clashes with Cameroon soldiers in cross-border attacks
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Nigeria’s Islamist militant group Boko Haram has carried out two cross-border attacks into Cameroon since Friday, killing at least four soldiers and prompting the Cameroonian army to send reinforcements to the area, army sources sai…
EU edges to economic sanctions on Russia but narrows scope
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union reached outline agreement on Friday to impose the first economic sanctions on Russia over its behavior in Ukraine but scaled back their scope to exclude technology for the crucial gas sector.
Malaysia, Dutch PMs to discuss access to plane crash site
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Saturday he would meet his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte next week to discuss how to secure full access for investigators to the site in Ukraine where a Malaysian airliner was downed….
Mayor of central Ukrainian city shot dead
KIEV (Reuters) – The mayor of the central Ukrainian town of Kremenchuk was shot dead on Saturday and the house of another mayor in Lviv to the West was hit by fire from a grenade launcher, the Interior Ministry said.
China’s Guangdong province removes over 850 ‘naked officials’ from their posts
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – More than 850 government workers in China’s southern province of Guangdong have been forced out of their jobs as part of an anti-crackdown on officials whose spouses and children have emigrated abroad.
Grieving Dutch minister made Europe re-think Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – When Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans spoke to his European Union peers of his grief and anger over the downing of a Malaysia Airlines airliner over eastern Ukraine, it was a turning point in Europe’s approach to Russia.
Israel agrees to 12-hour Gaza ceasefire
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has agreed to a 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire in fighting with militants in the Gaza Strip to start at 8 a.m. (1 a.m. EDT) on Saturday, a military spokeswoman said.
Israel rejects ceasefire plan, source says, as death toll nears 850
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has rejected international proposals for a ceasefire in its fight against Islamist militants in Gaza, a government source said on Friday, but U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said no formal proposals had yet been put…
