Eight people die in helicopter crash in Romania
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – A helicopter carrying 10 people crashed in the central Romanian county of Sibiu on Friday, killing eight, the country’s emergency response agency said.
Israel says Hamas planned to assassinate Lieberman in West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has arrested four Palestinians suspected of planning to kill Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman with an anti-tank rocket while he drove to his Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials say.
France tempers Iran nuclear stance in nod to wider diplomatic needs
PARIS (Reuters) – A year after France scuppered a deal on Iran’s nuclear program it is taking a softer stance in current talks, encouraged by a more inclusive U.S. approach and the knowledge that failure this year could have grim repercussions across t…
China’s defense minister calls for improved crisis management
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s defense minister called on Friday for better regional crisis management, saying that his country’s armed forces wanted peace but would never forget bitter lessons of the past.
Ex-finance minister warns Putin against populism, conservatism
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin warned President Vladimir Putin on Friday that “excessive conservatism” could restrict economic and political freedoms and said populist policies would weaken Russia.
Myanmar army says deadly strike against rebels meant only as ‘warning’
YANGON (Reuters) – The Myanmar army said that a deadly artillery attack on an insurgent military academy had been intended only as a “warning” strike, local media reported, amid mounting tensions ahead of renewed negotiations for a ceasefire.
U.S. drone strike kills six suspected militants in northwest Pakistan: officials
PESHAWAR Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed six suspected militants in northwestern Pakistan, security officials said on Friday, as al Qaeda said two members of the group had been killed in a previous strike.
China courts put reporter on trial, reject Uighur scholar’s appeal
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities put on trial on Friday an outspoken journalist accused of revealing state secrets and rejected an appeal by a prominent Uighur scholar whose life sentence on separatism charges had sparked an outcry from the West…
U.S. drone strike kills six suspected militants in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed six suspected militants in northwestern Pakistan, security officials said on Friday, as al Qaeda said two members of the group had been killed in a strike.
Iran still stalling as nuclear deadline looms: U.N. agency
VIENNA (Reuters) – Tehran has yet to explain away allegations it conducted atomic bomb research, the head of the U.N. nuclear agency said on Thursday, four days before a deadline for Iran and six world powers to reach a deal on the Iranian nuclear prog…
