Malaysia military source says missing jet veered to west
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s military believes a jetliner missing for almost four days turned and flew hundreds of kilometers to the west after it last made contact with civilian air traffic control off the country’s east coast, a senior officer…
U.S. condemns ‘heavy-handed tactics’ by Burundi police in clashes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday condemned what it called the use of heavy-handed tactics by Burundi’s police to break up opposition party meetings at the weekend in which more than a dozen people were injured and several were arrest…
Swiss to ask European court to review genocide denial case
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland will ask the European Court of Human Rights to review a case involving a Turkish politician who denied that mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 amounted to genocide, the Justice Ministry said on Tuesday.
Rouhani has not increased freedoms in Iran, U.N. chief says
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has failed to fulfil campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression and there has been a sharp rise in executions since his election, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday.
Sudan student dies after police fire tear gas on protest
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A Sudanese student died on Tuesday after police fired tear gas at Khartoum University protesters who have links to the Darfur region, police said in an emailed statement.
Shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles flow abroad from Libya: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles have been trafficked out of Libya to Chad, Mali, Tunisia, Lebanon and likely Central African Republic, with attempts made to send them to Syrian opposition groups, according to a U.N. …
Bomb wounds two policemen in Bahraini Shi’ite village
DUBAI (Reuters) – A homemade bomb exploded in a Shi’ite Muslim village in Bahrain on Tuesday, wounding two policemen, the interior ministry said, nine days after another blast in the Gulf Arab kingdom killed three police officers.
South Sudan charges four high-profile prisoners with treason
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan charged four high-profile prisoners with treason on Tuesday, dashing rebel hopes that they would be released ahead of peace talks planned in Ethiopia this month.
Egyptian security forces kill ‘terrorist’ in Cairo shoot-out
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian forces killed a suspected insurgent in a shootout in the streets of Cairo on Tuesday, the interior ministry said.
Albania holds seven accused of sending fighters to Syria
TIRANA (Reuters) – Albanian police arrested seven people on Tuesday, including two Islamic preachers, on charges of recruiting followers to fight in Syria and seized a cache of bullets and weapons.
