Malaysia Airlines search heads deep underwater in new phase
SYDNEY/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy underwater drone will be deployed to scour the floor of the Indian Ocean for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane, search officials said on Monday, launching a new phase of the operation after nearly six wee…
Nuclear export group debates ties with Israel: document
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States and three European allies want a global body controlling nuclear exports to consider whether to establish closer ties with non-members including Israel, despite its assumed atomic arsenal, a confidential document sh…
The woman who could be Poland’s next prime minister
WARSAW (Reuters) – When Polish deputy prime minister Elzbieta Bienkowska applied to study at a prestigious university in Warsaw, she was rejected after one of the interview panel questioned how she could study and raise a family as well.
Vietnam frees at least one more political activist
(Reuters) – Vietnam has freed at least one more political dissident, the second such release in the space of one week, as pressure increases on the communist government to cease arresting and jailing its critics.
Egypt battles energy crunch with ban on too-cold air conditioners
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt, grappling with an energy crunch, will enforce a ban on the production and import of air conditioners that can be set lower than 20 degrees Celsius, aiming to reassure citizens and industry hit with power cuts and fuel shortages…
Boy’s head found in home of convicted Pakistani cannibals
MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani police re-arrested a convicted cannibal on Monday after finding a young boy’s head in his home.
New attack by insider deals blow to PM during Indian election
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A new book accuses India’s prime minister of being weak and unable to stamp out corruption on his watch, the second recent attack by an insider that undermines the Congress party as it seeks re-election despite trailing in opinion…
Libya starts trial of ex-Gaddafi officials, sons absent
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan prosecutors opened the trial of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s sons and more than two dozen of his ex-officials on Monday in a major test for the North African state’s transition to a democracy.
Explosion in northern Tanzania bar injures 15 people
DAR ES SALAM (Reuters) – Fifteen people were injured late on Sunday when a makeshift bomb exploded at a crowded bar in Arusha, a popular destination for Western tourists in northern Tanzania, a senior government official said on state television.
Insight: Israeli gas holds promise of better ties with neighbors
MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) – Israel’s drive to export its new-found natural gas could help to rebuild strained ties with old regional allies Egypt and Turkey, but could deprive Europe of a precious alternative to Russian gas.
