Ukraine vows firm response after rebels shoot down military plane
KIEV/NOVOHANNIVKA Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president promised a tough response on Saturday to pro-Russian separatists who shot down an army transport plane, killing 49 servicemen and dealing a blow to a military campaign to crush their uprising.
In Indonesia’s presidential race, ex-general a winner in proxy TV battle
JAKARTA (Reuters) – If Indonesia’s presidential election were to be decided by favorable coverage on its television channels, ex-general Prabowo Subianto would be in the driver’s seat and frontrunner
Qatar says diplomat’s comments criticizing Tripoli fake: Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Qatar has told Libya that comments attributed to Doha’s ambassador denouncing a Libyan court ruling were fake after Tripoli “urgently” requested an explanation, Libya’s state news agency LANA said on Saturday.
Afghans ignore Taliban threats and vote again in final test
KABUL (Reuters) – Millions of Afghans turned out for a second time on Saturday to elect a successor to President Hamid Karzai on Saturday, a decisive test of the country’s ambitions to transfer power democratically for the first time in its tumultuous …
Fearing three teens abducted, Israel escalates West Bank search with Abbas help
HEBRON West Bank (Reuters) – Israel sent more troops to the occupied West Bank on Saturday to step up searches for three Israeli teenagers believed to have been abducted by Palestinians, with a military source saying it was not known if they were dead …
Opposition candidate closes in on Brazil’s Rousseff ahead of vote
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s main opposition party launched the candidacy of its leader Aecio Neves on Saturday to challenge President Dilma Rousseff’s re-election bid in October on a platform of fiscal austerity and pro-market policies.
French PM warns disgruntled Socialists they could “disappear”
PARIS (Reuters) – Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned the French left it could “disappear” and populist leader Marine Le Pen get through to a presidential election run-off, calling on his Socialist party to back his government’s business-friendly reform…
Drone strikes kill five suspected militants in Yemen
ADEN (Reuters) – A drone strike killed five suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen late on Friday, a local official and a tribal source told Reuters on Saturday.
Nigerian opposition picks southerner as party chief ahead of election
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s main opposition elected a veteran politician from the Christian south as its inaugural chairman on Saturday, as it looks to win voters on both sides of a religious divide and unseat President Goodluck Jonathan’s party next y…
U.N. says 50,000 children face death in South Sudan as launches aid plan
JUBA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of children in South Sudan could die this year without assistance from aid agencies, the United Nations said on Saturday, as it appealed for more than $1 billion to help those hit by six months of civil war.
