Shots fired as Russian troops force their way into Ukrainian base in Crimea
BELBEK AIRBASE, Crimea (Reuters) – Russian troops forced their way into a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea with armored vehicles, automatic fire and stun grenades on Saturday, injuring a Ukrainian serviceman and detaining the base’s commander for talks.
Iraqi journalist killed by Kurdish officer at Baghdad checkpoint
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi journalist was shot dead by a Kurdish officer at a checkpoint in Baghdad on Saturday as he went to work, provoking protests by other journalists and a promise by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to arrest the perpetrator.
U.S. forces hand over seized oil tanker to Libya
ZAWIYA PORT, Libya (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy handed over to Libyan authorities on Saturday an oil tanker carrying crude that had been loaded at a port controlled by armed rebels in defiance of Tripoli’s government.
Bomb blast in Bahrain’s Sitra village injures policeman: official
MANAMA (Reuters) – A bomb exploded on Saturday in the Bahraini village of Sitra, east of Manama, causing minor injuries to a policeman, a source from Bahrain’s interior ministry said.
Three killed as Shi’ite Houthi fighters clash with Yemeni army
SANAA (Reuters) – Two Shi’ite Muslim Houthi tribal fighters and a soldier were killed in Yemen on Saturday in renewed clashes in the northern province of Amran, local officials told Reuters.
Tunisian diplomat kidnapped in Libyan capital: minister
TUNIS (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a Tunisian diplomat in Tripoli, Tunisia’s foreign minister said on Saturday, one of a string of diplomatic abductions in the Libyan capital this year.
Dutch right-winger losing party members over anti-Moroccan chant
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders has been hit by a further prominent resignation from his party after leading an anti-Moroccan chant, deepening the crisis for his Party for Freedom (PVV) which had been leading in opinion po…
6.2 magnitude earthquake hits northern Chile, no damage reported
WASHINGTON/SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the northern coast of Chile on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
China spots new possible plane debris in southern Indian Ocean
KUALA LUMPUR/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) – China said on Saturday it had a new satellite image of what could be wreckage from a missing Malaysian airliner, as more planes and ships headed to join an international search operation scouring some of the re…
Turkey says Twitter ‘biased’, did nothing to stop ‘character assassinations’
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey said on Saturday that Twitter was “biased” and had been used for “systematic character assassinations” of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government, a day after Ankara’s ban on the site prompted an international outcry.
