Pushing locals aside, Russians take top rebel posts in east Ukraine
KIEV/DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – As Ukrainian troops gained ground in eastern Ukraine in early July, separatist leader, Aleksander Borodai, a Russian national, left for Moscow for political consultations.
Agreement reached with Ukraine separatists on access to crash site: Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – An agreement has been reached with separatists in Ukraine to enable international police to oversee a site where a Malaysian plane was downed and investigators to determine why the aircraft crashed, Malaysia’s prime minister sa…
China’s anti-graft drive is making state media bolder
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s campaign to stamp out corruption has emboldened the country’s normally docile state media to push the barriers in exposing corporate wrongdoing.
At least six dead in attacks on southern Yemen army posts
ADEN (Reuters) – Militant attacks on two army outposts in southern Yemen killed at least eight people early on Sunday, local officials said, two months after the government said it had cleared that area of al Qaeda fighters in an offensive.
U.N. warns of alarming malnutrition rates in Somali capital
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The United Nations has reported alarming rates of malnutrition in the Somali capital where aid agencies cannot meet the needs of 350,000 people due to insufficient funds, drought and conflict.
Far behind Merkel, German left leader plots party revival
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German political landscape is strewn with men who tried to take on Angela Merkel and failed. Sigmar Gabriel, the leader of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), is working hard to avoid the same fate.
Israeli military resumes Gaza fighting, says Hamas ignored truce
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military started fighting again in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, saying Hamas militants had ignored a 24-hour, humanitarian ceasefire requested by the United Nations.
Families mourn victims of Air Algerie crash in Mali
PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) – Family members of those killed on the Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali were taken to the wreckage to grieve on Saturday as French President Francois Hollande announced three days of mourning.
Venezuela leader rallies socialists at first post-Chavez congress
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party began a six-day congress on Saturday with President Nicolas Maduro seeking to fire up militants and quell dissidents who say he is failing to fix the economy or end graft.
Destroy Hamas? Something worse would follow: Pentagon intel chief
ASPEN Colorado (Reuters) – A top Pentagon intelligence official warned on Saturday that the destruction of Hamas would only lead to something more dangerous taking its place, as he offered a grim portrait of a period of enduring regional conflict.
