Exclusive: Fresh advance in east Mosul to begin within days – U.S. commander
EAST OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces will resume their push against Islamic State inside Mosul in the coming days, a U.S. battlefield commander said, in a new phase of the two-month-old operation that will see American troops deployed closer to…
Cafeteria manager jailed for insulting Turkey’s Erdogan, lawyer says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have arrested the cafeteria manager of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper for insulting the president after he said he would not serve tea to Tayyip Erdogan, one of the manager’s lawyers told Reuters on Monday….
Human error led to Colombia soccer plane crash: authorities
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Errors by the pilot, airline and Bolivian regulators are to blame for a plane crash in Colombia that killed 71 people last month, including most of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team, Colombia aviation authorities said on Monday.
Video shows fleeing Berlin truck attack suspect in Lyon: judicial source
PARIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian suspect behind the truck attack that killed 12 people in a Berlin Christmas market last week appears to have passed through Lyon in France as he fled to Italy, a French judicial source said on Monday.
Turkish army says Islamic State attack in Syria’s al-Bab killed 30 civilians
ANKARA (Reuters) – At least 30 civilians were killed and many others were wounded on Sunday after Islamic State launched an attack in the Syrian town of al-Bab to prevent people from fleeing, the Turkish military said in a statement on Monday.
Russia hunts for crashed jet’s black boxes, says no signs of foul play
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia expanded its search on Monday for the remains of a military plane that crashed into the Black Sea, killing all 92 on board, and said pilot error or a technical fault – but not terrorism – were likely to have caused the tragedy…
Chile’s government works to re-establish connectivity in quake-affected zone
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s government set to work on Monday repairing roads and restoring electricity to southern regions affected by a major earthquake that struck on Christmas Day, frightening thousands but resulting in no fatalities or major damag…
Myanmar says Muslim with links to government murdered in troubled Rakhine
YANGON (Reuters) – A man has been found dead with stab wounds in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, in what the government said on Monday was the second murder in under a week of a Rohingya who cooperated with authorities as they crack down on suspected insurgen…
PM Abe to send message Japan won’t repeat war atrocities
TOKYO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wants to send a message to the world during his visit to Pearl Harbor that Japan will never repeat the atrocities of past wars.
Pope pays tribute to Iraqi Christians persecuted by Islamic State
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis paid tribute on Monday to Middle East Christians who have clung to their faith during persecution by Islamist militants, saying there are more Christians martyrs now than in the Church’s early days.
