Putin warns against letting West use anti-Kremlin groups
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin told the FSB security service on Monday to ensure Russia did not follow what he said was Ukraine’s example by letting the West use local groups for “destructive” purposes.
U.S. presses on with Mideast talks rescue attempt
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. efforts to save Middle East peace talks from collapse showed little sign of progress on Monday amid threats from Israel to retaliate for what it saw as unilateral Palestinian moves towards statehood.
U.S. to send F-16 jets to Romania for exercises
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – The United States will deploy F-16 fighter jets to Romania this month as part of planned joint exercises, the NATO member’s defense minister was quoted as saying, amid rising tensions in neighboring Ukraine after Russia’s annexati…
Fighting in Palestinian camp in south Lebanon kills five
SIDON, Lebanon (Reuters) – At least five people were killed in fighting on Monday between Palestinian factions in a refugee camp near Lebanon’s southern city of Sidon, local sources said.
Putin tells security service to be on alert, warns on NGOs
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin told the FSB security service on Monday to be on the alert against militant attacks and said Russia must not let non-governmental organizations be used for “destructive” purposes “as in Ukraine”.
Nigeria clashes between Fulani herdsmen and vigilantes kill 72
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Clashes in northwest Nigeria between suspected Fulani cattle rustlers mounted on motorbikes and local youth vigilantes from the rival Hausa ethnic group left at least 72 people dead, police said on Monday.
Egypt court upholds jailing of prominent pro-democracy activists
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian appeals court on Monday upheld the jailing of three leading figures of the 2011 pro-democracy uprising, tightening a crackdown on secular activists opposed to the army-backed government
Absentee Bouteflika dominates Algerian presidential poll
CHLEF, Algeria (Reuters) – At a packed sports hall in western Algeria, portraits of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika gaze down on supporters rallying for his re-election. But the leader himself, weakened by a stroke a year ago, is a no-show.
U.S. defense chief, in first, visits China’s aircraft carrier
QINGDAO, China (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited China’s sole aircraft carrier on Monday in an unprecedented opening by normally secretive Beijing to a potent symbol of its military buildup.
Bulgaria says bomber in Burgas attack was Algerian: report
SOFIA (Reuters) – The man who blew up a bus in a Bulgarian Black Sea resort in 2012, killing five Israeli tourists, was of Algerian origin and trained in camps in South Lebanon, the Bulgarian daily Presa said, quoting sources familiar with the investig…
