Syrian army says senior Islamic State militant killed
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army said on Wednesday it had killed Islamic State’s military commander in Syria during operations in the north of the country, where the Russian-backed government forces are seizing more territory back from the jihadist g…
Taiwan court rules in favor of same-sex marriage, first in Asia
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s constitutional court declared on Wednesday that same-sex couples have the right to legally marry, the first such ruling in Asia, sparking celebration by activists who have been campaigning for the right for years.
UK police hunt Manchester bomber’s network, angered by U.S. leaks
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Police scrambled to close down a network around the Manchester suicide bomber with arrests in Britain and Tripoli on Wednesday, as details about the investigation were leaked to U.S. media, infuriating authorities who fe…
Turkey orders arrest of scores of municipality, ministry staff: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities ordered the detention of 139 staff from Ankara municipalities and two ministries in an investigation targeting supporters of the U.S.-based cleric accused of being behind last July’s failed coup, CNN Turk said o…
Three Kenyan police killed by suspected al Shabaab landmine
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Three police officers were killed in eastern Kenya on Wednesday when their vehicle hit a landmine believed to have been laid by Somali jihadist group al Shabaab, a senior official said.
Mexico’s ruling party battles leftist nemesis in key state vote
ECAPTEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) – Nine decades of rule by President Enrique Pena Nieto’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in Mexico’s most populous state are hanging in the balance in an election that could batter its hopes of keeping power national…
Trump praises Duterte for anti-drug campaign in call transcript
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump praised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in a phone call last month for doing an “unbelievable job on the drug problem,” according to a leaked Philippine transcript, despite human rights condemnation of Duterte’s drug crackdown.
Sherpas find four climbers dead in their tents on Everest
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepali sherpas have found four climbers dead in their tents on Mount Everest, officials said on Wednesday, with suspicion they died of carbon monoxide poisoning, taking the death toll on the world’s highest mountain to 10 in the p…
Australian police waited too long to react to deadly siege threat: coroner
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police failed to respond quickly enough to the threat posed by a gunman responsible for a siege at a Sydney cafe in 2014 in which three people including the hostage-taker were killed, a coroner said on Wednesday.
Thousands flee Philippine city after rebel rampage claimed by Islamic State
PANTAR, Philippines (Reuters) – Thousands of civilians fled fighting in the Philippines on Wednesday as troops tried to fend off Islamist militants who took over large parts of a city, capturing Christians, seizing and torching buildings and setting fr…
