Passenger lands plane after pilot falls ill
LONDON (Reuters) – A passenger with almost no flying experience landed a light aircraft after being talked down by an instructor on the ground when the pilot fell ill at the controls mid-air, a British airport said on Wednesday.
Poll finds Westerners opposed to military intervention in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Over half of the people surveyed in an international Reuters/Ipsos poll are opposed to foreign military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and more are against their own countries intervening in the conflict.
Turkish court upholds convictions of top officers over coup plot
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s appeals court upheld convictions on Wednesday of top retired military officers for leading a plot to overthrow Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government a decade ago, in a case underlining civilian dominance over a once all…
German president expects progress on Ukraine’s Tymoshenko
KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) – German President Joachim Gauck said on Wednesday he expected to see progress towards the release of Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, whose detention in prison threatens to derail a free trade deal between Ukraine…
Foreign donors urged to help bar Afghan rights violators from polls
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s aid donors should use their leverage to force the government to ban human rights violators from competing in a presidential election next year, a human rights group said on Wednesday.
Around 60 dead in clashes in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) – Around 60 people have been killed in sectarian clashes in Central African Republic between local militias and former rebels, witnesses and a local official said on Wednesday.
Two more French journalists held in Syria
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday two more French journalists were being held hostage in Syria, taking the number of its captive citizens in the country to four.
Egyptian court sets November 4 trial date for deposed President Mursi
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court on Wednesday set November 4 as the date for the trial of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and other senior figures in the Muslim Brotherhood on charges of inciting violence.
Hardline newspaper report sends Iran foreign minister to hospital
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator went to hospital with pains he said were brought on by a hardline newspaper quoting him as saying President Hassan Rouhani’s phone call with President Barack Obama was a mistake.
Kerry to push China, SE Asia to discuss sea dispute
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will push Southeast Asian leaders and China to discuss the South China Sea dispute at an Asian summit, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday, despite Beijing’s reluctance to …
