27 March 2014 Last updated at 09:23
Naftali Bennett, the head of the the settlements party Jewish Home rejects negotiations with the Palestinians and says he will allow the Israeli government to collapse if necessary. A decision on whether talks will proceed is expected this week.
Economics Minister Naftali Bennett, 42, is keen to show that he doesn't hold much regard for the daily grind of political life and that if it weren't for the azure silhouette of his great aunt Zila embroidered in yarn, he might instead still be enjoying his success as an entrepreneur in the coastal city of Raanana. His mother's cousin was Russian and shared the fate of most members of Bennett's family -- who were murdered by Stalin's henchmen because of their Jewish heritage. Her embroidered likeness hanging behind his desk is a daily reminder and incentive for Bennett to make sure it is a fate that his own children never share.
Flight MH370: Thai satellite 'shows 300 floating objects'
A Thai satellite has detected some 300 objects in an area of the southern Indian Ocean being searched for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
The image was taken by the Thaichote satellite on 24 March, a day after images from a French satellite purported to show 122 floating objects.
Flight MH370 disappeared on 8 March with 239 people on board. No debris has been recovered from the ocean so far.
Searches by planes were suspended on Thursday because of poor visibility.
Ships are trying to continue the operation despite the bad weather, Australian officials said.
The latest Thai images were carried in The Nation and were said to show at least 300 floating objects scattered over an area about 2,700km (1,680 miles) south-west of Perth,Chinese earthquake activist Tan Zuoren released after five-year prison term
Tan was jailed after investigating whether poorly constructed schools caused deaths of thousands of children in 2008 quake
A Chinese activist who investigated whether shoddy construction caused the deaths of thousands of children when their schools collapsed in a 2008 earthquake was released on Thursday after finishing a five-year jail term, his lawyer said.
Writer and campaigner Tan Zuoren was heading home to Chengdu, the capital of the south-western province of Sichuan, his lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang, told AFP by phone.
"He was released today. Now he's on the way home," Pu said.
Tan, 59, was sentenced for "inciting subversion of state power" in connection with several articles he published online about authorities' brutal crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests.
Israel's Wildcard: The Man Who Could Stop The Peace Process
Naftali Bennett, the head of the the settlements party Jewish Home rejects negotiations with the Palestinians and says he will allow the Israeli government to collapse if necessary. A decision on whether talks will proceed is expected this week.
The man who wants to test his power against Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu, Israel's popular "King Bibi," works in a surprisingly understated, tube-shaped office with three telephones ringing off the hook. The only thing that stands out is a picture on the wall. Covered in glass, it shows an embroidered figure of a woman wearing an apron dress.
US eyes Russian army as Ukraine radicals warn government
Right Sector nationalists give the cabinet an ultimatum for this evening
Daniel McLaughlin
Kiev and western allies have accused Russia of concentrating more military personnel and hardware near Ukraine’s border, amid rising tension between the country’s embattled government and nationalist revolutionary group Right Sector.
Despite assurances by Russia’s defence chief that he had no plans to push troops into eastern Ukraine, “they continue to build up their forces, so they need to make sure they stay committed to what minister [Sergei] Shoigu told me,” US defence secretary Chuck Hagel said yesterday.
His British counterpart, Philip Hammond, said “other Russian players, including minister Shoigu, may express views but . . . we do not know to what extent all of those people are really inside the inner circle in which President [Vladimir] Putin is planning this exercise.”
Jimmy Carter says he would think about pardoning Edward Snowden
March 27, 2014 - 1:04PM
Washington: Former President Jimmy Carter, on a swing through the nation's capital to promote a new book, said on Wednesday that he would consider a pardon for Edward J. Snowden, the former contractor who leaked classified information about the National Security Agency. But Mr Carter said that he was not certain he would grant one.
Mr Carter, 89, has made no secret in recent days of his disdain for the NSA, telling television interviewers during his book tour that he now relies on the "snail mail" of the US Postal Service, rather than email, for sending sensitive messages. During a midday appearance atThe Washington Post, he warned about the reach of the security agency.
"If you sent an email today, they recorded it," the former president said. "If you've made a telephone call today, they've recorded it. They record the entire thing. They don't go back and listen to your words - they say - but if they want to, later on, they can go back and listen to the exact words. I do think that needs to be corrected, and I hope President Obama will do it."
AU troops to treat CAR's anti-balaka militia as enemy
African Union (AU) peacekeepers in the Central African Republic will treat the anti-balaka Christian militia group as enemy combatants from now, their commander has said.
Gen Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko said the decision had been taken because troops had come under attack from anti-balaka fighters.
Twenty-one peacekeepers have reportedly been killed in CAR.
The country has been hit by civil conflict since March 2013.
The anti-balaka have been accused of attacking the Muslim minority and resisting efforts by the 6,000-strong AU force, known by its acronym Misca, to disarm them.
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