Hollande bids to use D-Day encounters for Ukraine thaw
PARIS (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande urged world leaders arriving in France on Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of World War Two’s D-Day landings to use the occasion to ease tensions over the Ukraine crisis.
Canadian police killings spawn massive manhunt
MONCTON New Brunswick (Reuters) – Canadian police mounted a massive hunt on Thursday for a 24-year-old man armed with high-powered weapons who they suspect shot dead three police officers and wounded two more in the eastern city of Moncton.
Bergdahl had left his unit before, but returned: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. military investigation of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl’s capture by the Taliban found he had slipped away from his unit before but had always returned, raising questions about whether or not he was deserting when he disappe…
German committee wants to question Snowden in Moscow
BERLIN (Reuters) – With backing from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s grand coalition government, a German parliamentary committee wants to meet former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden in Moscow in the coming weeks, German network ARD reported on …
With Russia outside the tent, G7 takes aim at Moscow
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States and its allies used the first Group of Seven meeting without Russia in 17 years to condemn Moscow’s actions in Ukraine and threaten hard-hitting sanctions if President Vladimir Putin does not help restore stabilit…
Libyan coastguard detains 114 African migrants in packed boat
GHARBOULI Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s coastguard detained 114 African migrants in a packed boat headed for Europe on Thursday, officials said.
Angered by Palestinian unity government, Israel to build more settler homes
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel announced on Thursday plans to build some 3,000 more settler homes in occupied territory in response to the inauguration of a Palestinian unity government backed by Hamas Islamists opposed to the Jewish state’s existence.
Russia says U.S. should push Ukrainian leader to halt violence
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The United States should press Ukraine’s new leader to stop violence and talk to separatists, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after meeting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday, Russian media reported.
U.S. envoy urges Congo’s Kabila to respect law, step aside in 2016
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The top U.S. envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes region called on Thursday for Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to respect a constitutional term limit and step aside when the country organizes polls in 2016.
Pakistani woman survives after being shot for marrying for love
LAHORE Pakistan (Reuters) – An 18-year-old Pakistani has survived being shot and thrown in a canal by her family for marrying the man she loved, police said, weeks after the “honor killing” of another woman drew worldwide condemnation.
