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| EgyptAir plane hijacked to Cyprus, most passengers freed | |  By Yiannis Kourtoglou An Egyptian plane on a flight between Alexandria and Cairo was hijacked and forced to land in Cyprus by a man apparently distressed over a family matter. After the EgyptAir plane landed at Larnaca airport, the hijacker released all the people onboard except four foreign passengers and the crew following negotiations, EgyptAir said. About 60 people, including seven crew, had been onboard the Airbus 320, Egyptian and Cypriot officials said.
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| Children in Yemen bear brunt of brutal war - UNICEF | |  A UNICEF report also said all sides in the war had "exponentially increased" the dragooning of child soldiers, with 848 documented cases - including boys as young as 10 - forced to fight. Tensions appear to be easing between the Iran-allied Houthis, who control most of northern Yemen, and Saudi-led forces after a year of war, over 6,200 deaths and a humanitarian crisis in the Arab world's poorest country. "On average, at least six children have been killed or injured every day," said the report "Childhood on the Brink".
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| Myanmar lifts state of emergency in conflict-torn Rakhine state | |  Myanmar President Thein Sein, in a surprise move hours before leaving office, lifted a state of emergency in the restive western state of Rakhine, imposed after clashes between Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims in 2012. Thein Sein announced the move in state media on Tuesday, a day before a president from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) will be sworn in at an official handover, after the NLD won the Nov. 8 election by a landslide.
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| More passengers released from hijacked Egyptair plane | |  Four to five more passengers were seen leaving an Egyptair plane hijacked and diverted to Larnaca airport in Cyprus on Tuesday, Cypriot state media said. Earlier, Egyptair reported four foreign passengers and seven-member crew had been left onboard after about 49 people were released. Citing security sources, Cypriot state media reported that the motives of the hijacker appeared personal, and had asked to contact his ex wife, who lives in Cyprus.
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| All in good time: draft Thai charter handed over ahead of August vote | |  Thailand's junta-appointed charter committee handed over a draft constitution to the military government at an auspicious time on Tuesday, the last step before it is put to a vote in August, something that could speed up Thailand's return to democracy. Number nine in Thai is pronounced "gao" which sounds like the word for "advance".
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| EU puts Britons at risk from dangerous criminals, 'Out' campaigners say | |  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union puts British families at risk by allowing the free movement of dangerous criminals, campaigners who want Britain to leave the bloc said on Tuesday, an argument dismissed as "scaremongering of the worst kind" by EU supporters. Polls show that concerns about migration and border controls are likely to play a big role in how Britons will vote in a referendum on June 23 on Britain's EU membership. The Vote Leave campaign, one of the groups pushing for an exit, compiled a dossier listing people who it described as the 50 most dangerous citizens from EU countries in Britain and who committed offences including murder and rape in the country.
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| Ukraine parliament approves resignation of chief prosecutor | |  KIEV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian parliament approved on Tuesday the resignation of General Prosecutor Viktor Shokin, an official seen by the Ukraine's Western backers as an obstacle to tackling corruption. The United States has repeatedly called for top-to-bottom reform of the general prosecutor's office, which anti-graft campaigners have said plays a key role in protecting vested interests and allowing corrupt practices to flourish. The motion to approve his resignation passed with 289 votes, comfortably over the 226 required. ...
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| EgyptAir hijacker may have personal motives - Cyprus broadcaster | | | Cyprus broadcasting (CYBC) reported that the hijacker of an EgyptAir plane that was forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday may have personal motives. The hijacker had an ex-wife in Cyprus, CYBC said. Witnesses said the hijacker threw a letter on the apron of the airport in Larnaca, written in Arabic, asking that it be delivered to his ex-wife, who is Cypriot. |
| Tymoshenko's Fatherland Party won't join Ukraine coalition unless conditions met | |  The head of Ukraine' Fatherland Party, Yulia Tymoshenko, said on Tuesday that her party had up to 15 conditions that needed to be met before a coalition could be formed. "If we want to save this parliament ...then we have to outline together 10-15 categorical conditions that must be met before the formation of any coalition," she said in parliament. Late on Monday Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk's party said it had agreed to form a new alliance with Fatherland and Ukraine's biggest faction, belonging to President Petro Poroshenko.
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| EgyptAir says only crew and four foreigners remain on hijacked plane | | | CAIRO (Reuters) - EgyptAir said in a statement on Tuesday that only crew and four foreigners remained on a hijacked Egyptian plane that was forced to divert to Cyprus. It had said in a previous statement that the number of foreigners remaining on the aircraft was five. (Reporting by Mostafa Hashem Writing by Lin Noueihed; Editing by Mark Potter) |
| EgyptAir says all passengers freed except five foreigners, crew | | | EgyptAir said negotiations had resulted in the release of all passengers on the hijacked Egyptian plane except for five foreigners and the crew. "The negotiations with the hijacker have resulted in the release of all the plane passengers with the exception of the crew and five foreigners," the airline said in a statement. |
| About 30 to 40 passengers of hijacked EgyptAir plane freed - Cyprus media | | | ATHENS (Reuters) - About 30 to 40 passengers onboard a hijacked EgyptAir plane that was forced to land in Cyprus were released, Cyprus state media reported on Tuesday. Earlier, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation reported that 55 passengers were on board and a crew of seven. (Reporting by Michele Kambas; Editing by Angus MacSwan) |
| Some passengers of hijacked EgyptAir plane being released - Cyprus broadcaster | | | ATHENS (Reuters) - A number of passengers onboard a hijacked EgyptAir airliner which was forced to land in Cyprus on Tuesday were being freed, Cyprus broadcaster CYBC reported. The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation earlier reported that 55 passengers were on board and a crew of seven. (Reporting by Michele Kambas; Editing by Angus MacSwan) |
| Pilot of hijacked Egyptair plane was threatened by a passenger with suicide belt - ministry | | | A passenger with a suicide belt threatened the pilot of a hijacked EgyptAir plane that was diverted to Cyprus on Tuesday, the Civil Aviation Ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said pilot Omar al-Gammal had informed authorities that he was threatened by a passenger who possessed a suicide belt and forced him to land in Larnaca. |
| EgyptAir hijacker strapped with explosives - Cyprus broadcaster | | | ATHENS (Reuters) - The hijacker who forced an EgyptAir flight heading to Cairo from Alexandria to land in Cyprus is thought to be strapped with explosives, Cyprus broadcaster CYBC said on Tuesday. The airplane was parked at an apron at Larnaca airport. The hijacker asked police to back away from the aircraft, the broadcaster said. (Reporting by Michele Kambas; Editing by Angus MacSwan) |
| U.S. succeeds in cracking Apple's iPhone, drops legal action | |  By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it had succeeded in unlocking an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters and dropped its legal case against Apple, ending a high-stakes legal battle but leaving the broader struggle over encryption unresolved. The abrupt end to a confrontation that had transfixed the tech industry was a victory for Apple, which vehemently opposed a court order obtained by the Justice Department that would have required it to write new software to get into the iPhone. "From the beginning, we objected to the FBI's demand that Apple build a back door into the iPhone because we believed it was wrong and would set a dangerous precedent," Apple said in a statement late on Monday.
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