ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s state-run agency says Tahsin Sahinkaya, the last surviving member of a junta that led Turkey’s 1980 military coup, has died. He was 90. Anadolu says former air force commander Sahinkaya died at a military hospital in Istanbul on Thursday. The cause of death was not immediately …
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LONDON – Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince Charles expressed dismay Thursday at a Supreme Court ruling that paves the way for publication of Charles’ letters to government ministers. A spokesman for Charles said “Clarence House is disappointed the principle of privacy has not been upheld.” The case involves letters …
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CAIRO – An Egyptian court has suspended the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections, following an earlier Supreme Constitutional Court ruling deeming laws regulating the vote unconstitutional. The decision Tuesday by Judge Yahia Dakrouri of the Administrative Court was expected after the high court’s ruling last week. The country’s election committee later …
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MOSCOW – A court in Moscow has convicted a Russian police officer on charges of spying for the United States and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. The Moscow City Court on Thursday found Roman Ushakov guilty of treason by handing over classified information to the U.S. The prosecutors …
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FRANKFURT, Germany – A closely watched indicator of German business optimism rose for the third straight month in January, giving a positive signal from Europe’s biggest economy. The business climate survey from the Munich-based Ifo institute rose to 106.7 points from 105.5 points in December, beating expectations among market analysts …
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SAO PAULO – A Brazilian judge has ordered that the bank accounts of a former president of Brazil’s state-run oil company be made available to prosecutors investigating allegations of overbilling. Judge Roseli Nalin accepted the request made last month by prosecutors for access to the bank accounts Jose Sergio Gabrielli, …
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CANBERRA, Australia – Australia’s biggest supermarket chain on Wednesday apologized and pulled down a website that has been widely criticized of commercializing the centenary of the country’s Veterans’ Day. Woolworths, which brands itself as “The Fresh Food People,” launched the website “Fresh in Our Memories” late Tuesday to commemorate ANZAC …
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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis says Milan’s world’s fair, which opens on May 1, can inspire decision-makers to help save the “health of the planet that God entrusted to the care of the human race.” Francis on Saturday praised Expo’s theme of exploring ways the planet can feed its people. …
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UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations secretary-general is warning Myanmar that stability in its most sensitive region can’t be achieved unless it addresses the issue of citizenship for minority Rohingya Muslims. Ban Ki-moon told a Myanmar delegation Friday that the U.N. has seen “already troubling signs of ethnic and religious …
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KIEV, Ukraine – A Ukrainian military spokesman says two Russian soldiers captured in the war-torn east of the country are on their way to the capital, Kiev. Ukrainian officials said Sunday two Russians were wounded and taken prisoner near the front line in the Luhansk region. Russia has vehemently denied …
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