Hundreds of flights have been cancelled at German airports as ground staff strike over demands for more pay. National airline Lufthansa said it had scrapped more than 400 flights scheduled for Tuesday, mostly at Germany’s biggest airport, Frankfurt. The walkout is part of wider industrial action by public sector employees ahead of further talks due [...]
Read the rest of this story »Japan has ordered missile defence systems to be prepared in response to the planned launch of a North Korean long-range rocket next month, Japanese Defence Minister, Naoki Tanaka, has said. Reports said the defence systems would be deployed near the island of Okinawa to shoot down the rocket should it threaten Japanese territory. North Korea [...]
Read the rest of this story »The European Union has agreed to expand its mission against Somali pirates, by allowing military forces to attack land targets as well as those at sea. In a two-year extension of its mission, EU defence ministers agreed warships could target boats and fuel dumps. The BBC’s security correspondent Frank Gardner says the move is a [...]
Read the rest of this story »A US soldier suspected of killing civilians in Afghanistan will be charged with 17 counts of murder, US officials have told the BBC. Staff Sgt Robert Bales is accused of attacking the villagers in their homes in Kandahar province on 11 March. Most victims were women and children. Sgt Bales, 38, was later moved to [...]
Read the rest of this story »EU foreign ministers have imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on the UK-born wife of Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, and other family members, diplomats say. Asma al-Assad is among 12 people added to the sanctions list, which already includes her husband. The ban cannot stop her from travelling to the UK, British officials say. [...]
Read the rest of this story »2> The son of Malawi’s former President Bakili Muluzi has been arrested following two days of political violence in the capital, Lilongwe. Atupele Muluzi was arrested as he drove from Blantyre to the capital. He hopes to lead the United Democratic Front (UDF) founded by his father in elections due in 2014. On Sunday, police [...]
Read the rest of this story »An independent judge, Nicolae Timofti, has been elected president of Moldova in a parliamentary vote, ending nearly three years of political stalemate. The opposition Communists, who reject the government’s goal of integration with the EU, boycotted the vote. Mr. Timofti, 63, heads Moldova’s supreme council of magistrates. The struggling former Soviet republic has had no [...]
Read the rest of this story »Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has announced he is to stand down in December. He is stepping down and will take the position of Master of Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge from January 2013, his website says. Dr Williams, 61, was appointed the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002. In a statement on [...]
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