BRUSSELS (AP) -- Police are looking for eight men who drove onto the tarmac of Brussels international airport and robbed millions of dollars worth of diamonds from the hold of a Swiss-bound plane.
Turkish police raid leftist group after U.S. embassy bombing
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Police launched raids across Turkey early on Tuesday targeting a militant leftist group beh ind a suicide bomb attack on the U.S. embassy, ordering the arrest of nearly 200 people, state-run Anatolian news agency reported. The nationwide operation came after a member of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) blew himself up at an entrance of the U.S. embassy in Ankara on February 1, killing a Turkish security guard. … Analysis: Egypt in political clinch as economic cliff looms
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two years after a pro-democracy uprising, Egypt resembles a rickety bus rolling towards a cliff, its passengers too busy feuding over blame to wrench the steering wheel to safety. Foreign exchange reserves are dwindling. Tourism is moribund. Investment is at a standstill. Subsidised diesel fuel and fertilizer are in short supply, while the cost of subsidies is swelling the budget deficit unsustainably. The Egyptian pound has lost 14 percent of its value since the 2011 revolt. Dollars are scarce. An IMF loan that could unlock wider aid is on hold. Unemployment is rising. … Greek journalists strike to protest austerity
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greek journalists have walked off the job for 24 hours to protest austerity measures and income cuts, pulling radio and television news broadcasts off the air and leaving news websites without updates from 6 a.m. (0400 GMT).
Robbers seize gems worth 350 million euros at Brussels Airport
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Armed robbers stole diamonds worth 350 million euros ($467 million) while the gems were being loaded onto a plane at Brussels Airport on Monday evening, Belgian state broadcaster VRT reported. Two vehicles carrying four armed men drove up to a security van near the Swiss passenger plane, officials said. “The men were armed and masked. There were no shots fired and nobody was injured,” a spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor said. Both vehicles sped off after the robbery and one of them was later found, said officials, who would not comment on what was taken. …
UN: Afghan civilian death toll in airstrikes down
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The number of Afghan civilians killed in U.S. and NATO airstrikes dropped by nearly half last year to 126, the U.N. said Tuesday. The report came a day after President Hamid Karzai banned government forces from requesting foreign air support during operations in residential areas. Pistorius enters court room for bail hearing
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Olympian Oscar Pistorius has entered a magistrate's court in South Africa's capital for a bail hearing in the killing of his model girlfriend. Questions about cancer, politics whirl as Venezuelan government says Chavez in hospital
CARACAS, Venezuela – The announcement of President Hugo Chavez’s return to Venezuela after a 10-week silence in Cuba is raising questions about his cancer treatments, his delicate health, and the political purposes that motivated his homecoming.
Senior Pakistani insurgent arrested in Afghan east: officials
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan security forces captured a top Pakistani Taliban commander during an operation in eastern Afghanistan, security officials said on Tuesday, in a move that could help improve trust between the two countries. The arrest on Monday of Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, a regional commander for Pakistan’s Taliban movement, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was hailed as a “big blow” to the movement by an Afghan interior ministry official. …
Pakistan orders operation after deadly bombing
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's prime minister has ordered on operation in the southwestern city of Quetta following a bombing targeting minority Shiite Muslims that killed 89 people. Chavez's return to Venezuela raises questions
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The announcement of President Hugo Chavez's return to Venezuela after a 10-week silence in Cuba is raising questions about his cancer treatments, his delicate health, and the political purposes that motivated his homecoming. India says "too early" to probe possibility of corruption in Rafale deal
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Defence minister A.K. Anton y said on Tuesday it is "too early" to look at any possibility of foul-play in a deal with France's Dassault Aviation to buy Rafale war planes, following allegations of bribes in a deal with another company. India froze payments last week for AgustaWestland helicopters pending an inquiry after Italian police arrested the former head of Finmeccanica, Giuseppe Orsi, for allegedly paying bribes to Indian politicians to win the contract. (Reporting by Manoj Kumar) 
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