Raqqa families make daring escapes from Islamic State stronghold
RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) – As Shawakh al-Omar huddled with 16 relatives in a single room in house in Islamic State’s Syrian stronghold Raqqa, a mortar round slammed into the home next door, killing four people and shaking the building.
Vehicle ramming kills one in Marseille, no terrorist motive seen
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and another injured in Marseille on Monday when a van crashed into two bus shelters in different parts of the French city, police said, in an incident not being treated as terrorism at this s…
Erdogan says Turkey and Iran discussing joint action against Kurdish militants
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey and Iran have discussed possible joint military action against Kurdish militant groups, after talks in Ankara last week between the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces and Turkish leaders, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Mo…
‘Extremely dissatisfied’ China blames India for border scuffle
BEIJING (Reuters) – China laid the blame at India’s door on Monday for an altercation along their border in the western Himalayas involving soldiers from both of the Asian giants.
Finnish intelligence received tip-off on Moroccan stabbing suspect
By Jussi Rosendahl, Lefteris Karagiannopoulos and Tuomas Forsell
Finnish court names knife attack suspect Abderrahman Mechkah
HELSINKI (Reuters) – The 18-year-old Moroccan asylum seeker suspected of killing two women and wounding eight people with a knife in Finland on Friday is called Abderrahman Mechkah, a court said on Monday.
Spanish police track down, shoot dead Barcelona attacker
SUBIRATS, Spain (Reuters) – Spanish police on Monday shot dead an Islamist militant who killed 13 people with a van in Barcelona last week, ending a five-day manhunt for the perpetrator of Spain’s deadliest attack in over a decade.
China expresses ‘strong dissatisfaction’ with U.S. intellectual property probe
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Monday expressed “strong dissatisfaction” with the U.S. launch of an investigation into China’s alleged theft of U.S. intellectual property.
Russian jets kill over 200 Islamic State militants near Syria’s Deir al-Zor: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s air force has destroyed a large column of Islamic State fighters on their way to the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, killing over 200 militants, Russian news agencies cited Russia’s Defence Ministry as saying on Monday.
Saudi plane for Qatari pilgrims waits on Doha for landing rights: airline
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s state carrier said on Sunday it had been unable to send planes to transport Qatari pilgrims to the kingdom because it had been unable to get permission to land at Doha airport amid a diplomatic dispute between the two c…
