Polish PM says NATO needs larger presence in eastern Europe
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – NATO needs to have a larger presence in eastern Europe in light of the crisis in Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday.
Elusive Muscovite with three names takes control of Ukraine rebels
SLAVIANSK, Ukraine/MOSCOW (Reuters) – He is a man with three names, sought by Ukrainian intelligence as the top Russian operative in the separatist east. He moves through the streets in a black Mercedes, his face with pencil moustache hidden behind tin…
Air strikes kill over 40 in northern Syria: monitoring group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – More than 40 people, many of them civilians, were killed by air strikes across northern Syria, a monitoring group said on Thursday.
Thai protesters force PM to flee meeting after three killed in Bangkok
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Protesters seeking to oust Thailand’s government broke into the grounds of an air force compound on Thursday where the acting prime minister was meeting the Election Commission to fix a date for new polls, forcing him to flee.
Nigeria rejects swap of Boko Haram prisoners for schoolgirls: UK official
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria’s president has rejected an offer from Islamist rebel group Boko Haram to exchange schoolgirls it abducted for imprisoned militants, but the government is open to broader talks with the rebels, a visiting British …
South Korea indicts four ferry crew for homicide
MOKPO, South Korea (Reuters) – The captain and three senior crew members of a South Korean ferry that capsized in April, killing more than 280 passengers, many of them school children, were indicted for homicide on Thursday, a senior prosecutor said.
Two London Times journalists released after being kidnapped in Syria
(Reuters) – Two London Times journalists covering the Syrian civil war were kidnapped by a “rebel gang” and one of them was shot before members of an anti-extremist rebel group intervened and secured their release, the Times reported on Thursday.
Taiwanese steel plant in Vietnam attacked by rioters: media
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A steel plant owned by Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan’s biggest investor in Vietnam, was attacked by rioters overnight, Taiwanese media reported on Thursday.
Exclusive: Israel’s David’s Sling will not win Polish missile tender – official
JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel is poised to lose out on a deal valued at up to $13 billion to build a missile defense shield for Poland, an Israeli defense official said on Wednesday, citing lobbying by Washington on behalf of rival U.S. syste…
Italy’s Alitalia scraps Venezuela flights over currency dispute: sources
CARACAS (Reuters) – Italian airline Alitalia has canceled service to Venezuela as of June 2 due to delays in repatriating revenue under the country’s 11-year-old currency control system, two sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
