Pro-Assad militias to enter Syria’s Afrin: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Militias allied to the Syrian government will enter the Afrin region, Syrian media reported on Monday, after a Kurdish official said a deal had been struck with the Syrian army to help Kurdish forces end a Turkish offensive.
Philippines says suspect Islamist militant recruiter arrested
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine security forces have arrested a foreigner suspected of recruiting domestic fighters for pro-Islamic State militant groups, including an alliance that occupied a southern city for five months last year, police said on Monda…
Iran continues search for missing plane, no wreckage found yet
LONDON (Reuters) – Iranian rescue teams were still trying to locate the wreckage of a plane on Monday a day after it crashed with 65 people on board, as glacial temperatures and mountainous terrain hampered their search.
Iraqi court sentences Turkish woman to death for joining IS
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi court has sentenced a Turkish woman to death by hanging for joining Islamic State, a spokesman for the criminal court in Baghdad said in a statement on Monday.
Premier of tiny Saarland new secretary general of Merkel’s CDU: paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, premier in the tiny western state of Saarland, is to take over as secretary general of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), the daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung reported on Monday.
Reports of hundreds of Russians killed in Syria attempt to exploit war : RIA cites Lavrov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that reports that hundreds of Russian mercenaries had been killed in Syria recently were an attempt to exploit the war there, the RIA news agency reported.
Maldives leader seeks approval to extend state of emergency by 15 days
MALE (Reuters) – Maldives President Abdulla Yameen on Monday sought parliamentary approval to extend a state of emergency for 15 days in the Indian Ocean archipelago as the “the situation has not changed”, parliament’s Deputy Secretary General Fathmath…
Egypt says three soldiers killed in campaign against militants
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three Egyptian soldiers have been killed in a 10-day-old campaign against Islamist militants focused on the Sinai peninsula, Egypt’s military said on Monday.
Philippine senate probes frigate deal; Duterte aide denies meddling
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine senators began a public inquiry on Monday into the $300 million purchase of two navy frigates, to determine whether President Rodrigo Duterte’s closest aide had interfered in the procurement process.
Carnival probes security personnel’s response to brawl in South Pacific cruise
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Carnival Corp , the world’s largest cruise operator, said on Monday it was investigating the response of its security personnel to a brawl that broke out on one of its South Pacific cruises that resulted in 23 passengers being remove…
