Turkish truck drivers held in Iraq thought to be unharmed: official
ANKARA (Reuters) – A group of Turkish truck drivers being held by suspected militants from an al Qaeda splinter group in northern Iraq are thought to be unharmed and could be released soon, a Turkish official said on Tuesday.
Iraqi PM asks parliament to declare state of emergency after insurgents seize Mosu
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has asked parliament to declare a state of emergency after Sunni Islamist insurgents seized control of most of the country’s second largest city, Mosul.
Taliban gunmen attack Karachi airport academy in second assault
KARACHI Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for an attack on a security academy at Karachi’s airport on Tuesday, less than 48 hours after an all-night siege by Taliban gunmen at Pakistan’s busiest airport that kill…
Defying Russian warnings, Moldova and Georgia head for EU pact
CHISINAU/TBILISI (Reuters) – Undeterred by the conflict triggered by Ukraine’s swing towards Europe, the former Soviet republics of Moldova and Georgia will sign a trade and political pact with the European Union this month with Russia warning both cou…
Days after politician shot dead, another killed in north India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Two men on a motorcycle shot dead on Monday a politician from the ruling party of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Uttar Pradesh, the second such killing in a week, prompting concern about lawlessness in the northern state.
Suspected Nigerian militants kidnap up to 30 women: media
ABUJA (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist Boko Haram militants have kidnapped up to 30 women from nomadic settlements in Nigeria’s northeast, close to where the group abducted more than 200 schoolgirls, residents and Nigerian media said.
Five U.S. troops killed in Afghan friendly-fire incident
KABUL (Reuters) – Five U.S. servicemen were killed in southern Afghanistan in a friendly-fire air strike during a security operation, Afghan police and the Pentagon said on Tuesday, days before a run-off round in the country’s presidential election.
China says wants to counter Vietnam’s ‘slander’ on South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Tuesday that it wanted to counter Vietnam’s “slander” to the world about what was happening in disputed areas of the South China Sea, after Beijing asked the United Nations to circulate documents outlining its position…
Storm in western Germany kills six, disrupts transport
DUESSELDORF Germany (Reuters) – At least six people were killed in storms that swept Germany’s most populous state late on Monday, forcing Duesseldorf airport to shut down, felling trees and leaving some roads impassable.
Shout of ‘murderer’ goes up in packed court as Korea ferry crew face trial
GWANGJU South Korea (Reuters) – Fifteen crew of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 people, most of them children, went on trial on Tuesday on charges ranging from negligence to homicide, with the shout going up of “murderer” …
