Asiana says pilot of crashed plane was in training
SEOUL (Reuters) – Asiana Airlines Inc said the pilot in charge of landing the Boeing 777 that crash-landed at San Francisco’s airport on Saturday was training for the long-range plane and that it was his first flight to the airport with the jet.
Huge crowds rally in Egypt, political talks stalled
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of supporters and opponents of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi gathered in Cairo and Alexandria on Sunday, two days after similar gatherings led to nationwide clashes that claimed more than 30 lives.
Gunmen attack Sinai checkpoints close to Israel border
CAIRO (Reuters) – Armed men launched a series of attacks on Sunday on security checkpoints in the North Sinai towns of Sheikh Zuweid and El Arish close to Egypt’s border with Israel and the Gaza Strip, and one soldier was killed.
Syrian opposition head expects advanced weapons to reach rebels
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The new president of the opposition Syrian National Coalition said on Sunday he expected advanced weapons supplied by Saudi Arabia to reach rebel fighters soon and change their military situation, which he described as weak.
Pope Francis visits Lampedusa as migrant arrivals pick up
LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis makes his first official trip outside Rome on Monday with a visit to Lampedusa, the tiny island off Sicily that has been the first port of safety for untold thousands of migrants crossing by sea from North Afri…
Cuba’s Raul Castro criticizes U.S., backs allies on Snowden
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban President Raul Castro on Sunday backed offers of asylum by Venezuela and other Latin American countries to fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden and criticized the United States for what he described as bullying ot…
Key Egypt Islamist party rejects PM, vice-president choices
CAIRO (Reuters) – The leader of a key Egyptian Islamist party rejected on Sunday the choice of Social Democratic lawyer Ziad Bahaa el-Din as interim prime minister, saying the post should go to someone politically neutral.
Japan PM Abe seeks personal redemption in upper house election
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is a man with a mission: to erase the bitter stain of defeat and attain personal political redemption with a victory in a national election this month.
Magnitude 7.2 quake strikes below sea east of Papua New Guinea
LONDON (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude struck deep below the sea east of Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Wanted militia leader hurt in clashes in Darfur’s biggest city
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – A prominent Sudanese pro-government militia leader wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court was wounded during clashes in the biggest city in the strife-torn Darfur region on Sunday, officials and witnesses said.
