New princess meets British royal family
LONDON — The newest member of Britain’s royal family, a daughter born to Prince William and his wife, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, met her grandparents and other family members at the couple's Kensington Palace home Sunday in London.
The baby girl, fourth in line to the British throne, has yet to be named. She was born Saturday morning at St. Mary’s Hospital in London and returned home Saturday evening after a brief public appearance on the hospital steps.
A statement from Kensington Palace said grandfather Prince Charles, next in line to the throne, and his wife, Camilla, had visited the newborn. Caherine’s parents and sister also traveled to meet the baby.
Arab coalition troops land
SANAA, Yemen — With helicopter gunships hovering overhead, at least 20 troops from a Saudi-led Arab coalition came ashore Sunday in the southern port city of Aden on what military officials called a “reconnaissance” mission, as fighting raged between Iranianbacked Shiite rebels and forces loyal to the nation’s exiled president.
It was the first ground landing by coalition forces since the start of the Saudiled air campaign against the rebels and their allies — forces loyal to ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh — who have captured most of northern Yemen and marched on southern provinces over the past year.
Spy investigation launched
BERLIN — Germany’s top public prosecutor will look into accusations that the country’s BND foreign intelligence agency violated laws by helping the U.S. spy on officials and firms in Europe, including Airbus group, the federal prosecutors office said Sunday.
A spokesman for the prosecutors office confirmed weekend news reports that an investigation had been launched as opposition politicians demanded more information about the unfolding scandal from Chancellor Angela Merkel's government.
“A preliminary investigation has been started,” the spokesman said. In a related development, federal prosecutor Harald Range will be questioned Wednesday by a parliamentary committee looking into the affair.
Al-Qaida claims killing
DHAKA, Bangladesh — The leader of al-Qaida’s branch in the Indian subcontinent has published a video claiming responsibility for the killing of Avijit Roy, an atheist Bangladeshi-American blogger who was killed by a group of men with machetes on Feb. 26 as he was leaving a book fair in Dhaka.
In a nine-minute video posted on jihadi forums Saturday, the leader of the branch, Asim Umar, said followers of his group were responsible for the killing of several people he called “blasphemers”: Mohammad Shakil Auj, an Islamic scholar fatally shot in Karachi in 2014; Aniqa Naz, a Pakistani blogger; Rajib Haider, a blogger killed in a machete attack in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, in 2013; and Mr. Roy.
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Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Sunday his country’s government will increase investment in Asian infrastructure at a meeting of the Asian Development Bank. … At least eight Indian soldiers were fatally shot by separatist militants in the northeastern state of Nagaland on Sunday afternoon, when a truck carrying soldiers was ambushed by militants from a faction of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland in the Mon district.