U.S. shoots down drone close to Iraqi-Syrian border: statement
AMMAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it had shot down an armed, Iranian-made drone that had been bearing down on its forces near a garrison in Syria’s southeast on Tuesday, in the latest sign of increasingly frequent confrontation with D…
WHO says child from Raqqa among 15 new polio cases in Syria
GENEVA (Reuters) – Fifteen new cases of polio have been confirmed in Syria, including a child who may have caught the disease in Raqqa, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
Two ministers quit French government as reshuffle looms
PARIS (Reuters) – French armed forces minister Sylvie Goulard unexpectedly quit her job on Tuesday, saying she did not want to stay on because of an investigation overshadowing her Modem party’s affairs in the European parliament.
In the kitchen, “we’re all human”: Refugee cooks up taste of Syria in Athens
ATHENS (Reuters) – Barshank Haj Younes may not have much to celebrate, but the young Syrian is cooking up a feast.
Moon says hopes for North Korea talks by year’s end: CBS interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he hopes to draw North Korea to the negotiating table over its nuclear program by the end of the year and pushed off any talk about a potential preemptive strike, according to a U.S. media …
Iraq’s army encircles Islamic State in Mosul’s Old City: military
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s army said it had encircled Islamic State’s stronghold in the Old City of Mosul on Tuesday after taking over an area to the north of the densely populated historic district.
At least six Afghan guards killed on way to work at U.S. base
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban gunmen in Afghanistan opened fire on a vehicle taking Afghan guards to work at a U.S. military base killing six of them, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.
Israel starts work on new settlement, even as U.S. steps up peace efforts
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel broke ground on Tuesday on its first new settlement in the occupied West Bank for two decades, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, announcing the symbolic move on the eve of a peace mission by White House senior advise…
Soros says Britain nearing tipping point, may reverse Brexit
LONDON (Reuters) – George Soros, the billionaire who earned fame by betting against the pound in 1992, said Britain was approaching a tipping point that would see the economy slow to such an extent that Brexit might even be reversed.
Champs Elysees attacker was Islamic State loyalist, on French watchlist
PARIS (Reuters) – A man who rammed a car into a police van in Paris stored a cache of weapons at his home and held a gun permit despite being on a secret service list of people linked to radical Islam, police sources and French officials said on Tuesda…
