UK hate crimes surge on Brexit and militant attacks
LONDON (Reuters) – Hate crimes in Britain surged by the highest amount on record last year, official figures showed on Tuesday, with the vote to leave the European Union a significant factor.
Iraqi forces take control of all oil fields operated by state-owned North Oil in Kirkuk
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces completed an operation to take control of all oil fields operated by state-owned North Oil Company in the Kirkuk region on Tuesday, a senior military officer said.
Islamic State in Raqqa mounts last stand
RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) – U.S.-backed militias will capture Islamic State’s last foothold in the jihadists’ former Syrian capital of Raqqa within hours, a militia spokesman said on Tuesday.
South Africa’s Zuma appoints new energy minister in cabinet reshuffle
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma has appointed minister of state security David Mahlobo as energy minister in a cabinet reshuffle, the presidency said on Tuesday.
Taliban suicide attack on provincial Afghan police HQ kills at least 12
KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked a provincial Afghan police headquarters on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 60, officials and militants said.
‘Vanishing village’ looks to Japan’s LDP for survival
NANMOKU, Japan (Reuters) – Chikara Imai, 73, is quick to dismiss the new parties in Sunday’s national election in Japan, saying old ties with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party is what the country’s most elderly village needs for surv…
Detention of Catalan activists a judicial, not political, matter: Spain justice minister
MADRID (Reuters) – The detention of Catalan activists on Monday, the first imprisonment of senior secessionist figures since the region’s Oct. 1 banned referendum on independence, was a judicial, not a political, matter, Spain’s justice minister said o…
Iraqi forces take control of Bai Hasan, Avana oil fields after Kurdish pullout
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces took control on Tuesday of the Bai Hasan and Avana oil fields northwest of Kirkuk, after Kurdish Peshmerga fighters pulled out from the region, security sources said.
Philippine president declares Marawi liberated as battle goes on
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared the southern city of Marawi liberated from pro-Islamic State militants on Tuesday, although the military said 20-30 rebels were holding about 20 hostages and still fighting it out.
U.S. takes aim at Yemeni Islamic State for first time
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States said it launched its first attack on Islamic State’s deadly Yemen branch on Monday with a series of nighttime airstrikes that residents said targeted two villages and killed several people.
