Russia

Crew error might be cause of crash

MOSCOW — An error by a crew member committed during adverse weather conditions might have been responsible for the crash of a passenger jet last week in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don that killed 62 people, a report broadcast by Russian state television said. The Rossiya-1 television channel said it had obtained a transcript of the pilot interactions a minute before the FlyDubai passenger jet nose-dived to the ground, killing all the passengers and crew members onboard. An investigative commission is expected to make its preliminary report public within the next two weeks. (New York Times)

YEMEN

Rally marks 1 year of US intervention

SANA — Tens of thousands protested in the Yemeni capital Saturday on the anniversary of a US-backed, Saudi-led coalition’s entrance into a civil war that has killed thousands and strengthened the Islamic State and Al Qaeda in this strategic Middle East nation. As coalition jets roared overhead, the demonstrators carried the Yemeni flag and chanted “end the siege,’’ while others vowed “to fight the Saudi aggression and its agents until their last man.’’ (Washington Post)

LIBYA

Nurse, infant killed in rocket attack

TRIPOLI — An Indian nurse and her infant son have been killed in a rocket attack on their apartment in a town near the Libyan capital, the Indian External Affairs Ministry said Saturday. It was not immediately clear who fired Friday on Sunu Sathyan’s home. Sathyan worked in a hospital in Zawiya. The 26 other Indians working at the hospital have been asked to leave the area. (AP)

SPAIN

Police bust ring of drug smugglersMADRID — Spanish police said Saturday that they broke up a drug-smuggling ring and arrested 20 people from four countries on suspicion they were using helicopters to bring hashish from Morocco into Spain. It was later discovered that the pilot was serving a prison sentence and using weekend furloughs to fly in drug hauls, officials said. (AP)