NATO commander warns of Russian threat to separatist Moldova region
BRUSSELS/FEODOSIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – NATO’s top military commander said on Sunday Russia had built up a “very sizeable” force on its border with Ukraine and Moscow may have a region in another ex-Soviet republic, Moldova, in its sights after annexing…
Search area for Malaysian airliner widened after French satellite images
PERTH/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The search area for a missing Malaysian jetliner in remote seas off Australia was widened on Monday after French satellite images revealed potential “floating debris” several hundred kilometers north of pictures previousl…
Indian farmers driven to suicide as hail ruins crops
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Unseasonal rains and hailstorms this month have damaged the winter-sown crops of millions of Indian farmers, but Rekha Garole lost more than others.
Turkey shoots down Syrian plane it says violated air space
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish armed forces shot down a Syrian plane on Sunday that Ankara said had crossed into its air space in an area where Syrian rebels have been battling President Bashar al-Assad’s forces for control of a border crossing.
Assad cousin killed in Latakia clash with Syria rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was killed on Sunday in battles with Islamist rebels near the border with Turkey, activists and state media said.
Gunmen kill six in attack on Kenyan church
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Gunmen shouting in a foreign language killed six worshippers in a church near the coastal city of Mombasa on Sunday, an attack of the kind that Islamist militants have been carrying out in retaliation for Kenya’s intervention…
Czech Communist hardliner jailed for abuse of power dies in Prague
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech Communist hardliner Miroslav Stepan, one of the few top Communist leaders convicted for abuse of power after the Soviet-backed regimes in Eastern Europe collapsed in 1989, died on Sunday aged 68, local media reported.
Fake U.S. ship spotted in Gulf is a movie set, Iranian media say
DUBAI (Reuters) – A replica of a U.S. aircraft carrier spotted near the coast of Iran is nothing more sinister than a movie set, Iranian media said on Sunday.
Turkish PM Erdogan says rivals will be crushed
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, rallying hundreds of thousands of cheering supporters in Istanbul, said on Sunday that political enemies accusing him of corruption would be crushed by their own immorality.
Campaigning starts in Algeria election likely to re-elect Bouteflika
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Campaigning for Algeria’s election opened on Sunday with the man expected to win, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, starting his race not with a speech or a mass rally, but with a letter.
