Leaked documents purport to reveal Turkish graft allegations
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Twitter account behind a string of leaks in a Turkish corruption scandal posted late on Thursday what it presented as police files detailing graft allegations against four former ministers, dealing a further blow to Prime Ministe…
Exclusive: Radar data suggests missing Malaysia plane deliberately flown way off course – sources
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Military radar data suggests a Malaysia Airlines jetliner missing for nearly a week was deliberately flown hundreds of miles off course, heightening suspicions of foul play among investigators, sources told Reuters on Friday.
Philippines offers U.S. forces access to military bases
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines has agreed to allow the United States access to its military bases under a new security deal being negotiated by the two allies, amid mounting concern over China’s increasing assertiveness in the disputed waters of th…
Kabul irked at haphazard release of Afghan Taliban prisoners in Pakistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, set up to oversee peace talks with the Taliban, has had no formal meetings with any of the 46 Taliban prisoners released in neighboring Pakistan, an official said on Friday, despite pleas to be presen…
Turkish graft case indictment completed – prosecutor
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish prosecutor has completed an indictment regarding graft allegations which became public with police raids in December in which three cabinet ministers’ sons were detained, a deputy chief prosecutor in Istanbul told Reuters…
Heavy gunfire heard in north Nigerian city hit by insurgency
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Heavy gunfire raged for two hours in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri on Friday morning, residents said, and explosions were heard at the Giwa barracks, where the army has detained hundreds of Islamist insurgent s…
Indonesian opposition party nominates Jakarta governor Jokowi for president
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s main opposition PDI-P party on Friday named Jakarta’s hugely popular governor, Joko Widodo, as its candidate for this year’s presidential election.
Polish farm minister may be replaced by party colleague
WARSAW (Reuters) – Marek Sawicki of Polish junior coalition party PSL could replace party colleague Stanislaw Kalemba as the country’s agriculture minister, he was quoted as saying on Friday.
Media squeeze tightens as Russia harks back to WW2
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ilya Azar does not know whether he has been fired yet from one of Russia’s most popular independent online news organizations, but he is pretty sure he soon will be.
Mediator Brahimi says Syria election now won’t aid peace talks
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – If Syria goes ahead with an election that would likely secure a new term for President Bashar al-Assad, the opposition will probably not be interested in pursuing further peace talks with the government, peace mediator Lakhda…
