Estimated read time: 2-3 minutes
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
MOSCOW (AP) — Despite warnings from President Barack Obama of more sanctions on Russia unless it stopped interfering in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a draft bill for the annexation of Crimea. The mostly ethnic Russian region voted Sunday to split from Ukraine. Putin's move is one of a flurry of steps to formally take over the Black Sea peninsula. Russian troops have been occupying the region for more than two weeks.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Searchers from multiple countries are still looking high and low for some sign of a missing Malaysian airliner, while Beijing says checks into the background of all the Chinese nationals on board have uncovered no links to terrorism. Malaysian police are investigating the pilots and ground engineers of the plane after officials determined that someone on board the flight switched off two vital pieces of communication equipment, allowing the plane to fly almost undetected.
PARIS (AP) — Activists in France are protesting the nation's dependence on nuclear power. More than 60 Greenpeace members have occupied a nuclear plant in eastern France and hung a banner reading "Stop Risking Europe" next to one of the reactors at the Fessenheim nuclear power plant. In a statement today, Greenpeace is calling for a transition to other energy sources.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The office of Israel's defense minister is declining comment on whether published remarks are advocating an Israeli strike on Iran. Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (MOH'-shuh YAH'-uh-lohn) says his country cannot depend on the United States to lead an action against Iran's nuclear program and that Israel can only rely on itself. He says instead of leading the campaign, Washington began talks and Iran has the upper hand.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan authorities say police have intercepted a car with improvised explosive devices, foiling a planned terrorist attack in the coastal city of Mombasa. The Kenya National Disaster Operations Centre says in a tweet late last night that officers from the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit arrested two men that were in the car. Kenya has suffered a wave of attacks since October 2011.
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
