Pakistan launches military operation in tribal areas targeting Islamic State
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s military has launched a major operation in its volatile tribal areas to stop the Islamic State making inroads into areas bordering Afghanistan, the military’s spokesman said on Sunday.
UK will look to increase punishments for acid attacks: minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will look at tougher punishments for people who attack others using acid, interior minister Amber Rudd said on Sunday, after a spate of incidents in London in recent months.
As Washington ponders Afghan mission, Marines toil in Helmand
CAMP BASTION, Afghanistan (Reuters) – While Washington works on plans to send more troops to Afghanistan, U.S. forces on the ground are grappling with building an army in the middle of a war their commanders say is locked in stalemate.
Bus plunges into Indian Kashmir valley, 16 Hindu pilgrims killed
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – At least 16 Hindu pilgrims were killed and 27 injured on Sunday after a bus they were traveling in skidded off a mountain road and fell into a gorge in Indian Kashmir, a senior police official said.
India’s Modi urges states to curb violence by cow protection groups
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on states to do more to prevent attacks on people accused of eating beef or slaughtering cows, an animal sacred to majority Hindus.
NATO chief phoned Turkish, German foreign ministers over air base row
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s Secretary General spoke to the Turkish and German foreign ministers last week to urge them to resolve their differences over visits to Turkish air bases, part of a wider row between the two allies.
Israel reopens Jerusalem’s Noble Sanctuary after deadly shooting
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel reopened Jerusalem’s Noble Sanctuary-Temple Mount compound on Sunday, drawing a protest by Muslim religious authorities over the installation of metal detectors at entrances two days after a deadly shooting.
South Africa’s Sisulu starts bid to lead ruling ANC
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s human settlements minister Lindiwe Sisulu accepted the nomination of some African National Congress (ANC) branches to lead the ruling party, she told local media.
Iran says jails U.S. dual national for 10 years for spying
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian court has sentenced a graduate student from Princeton University to 10 years in jail on spying charges, Iran’s judiciary spokesman said on Sunday, the latest case involving dual citizens held on security charges in the coun…
Defiant Erdogan attacks EU, backs restoring death penalty
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday defiantly stepped up his attacks on the European Union, saying Turkey had to go its own way and vowing to bring back the death penalty if parliament passed it.
