Israel urges citizens to leave Egypt’s Sinai, citing IS threat
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Monday urged citizens vacationing in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula to leave immediately, saying the threat of attacks inspired by Islamic State and other jihadi groups was high.
UK to conduct major counter-terrorism exercise in October: PM May
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will conduct a major counter-terrorism training exercise in October across parts of Scotland and northern England, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday, days after a lone attacker killed four people in London.
Syria’s Raqqa expected to join Kurdish-led federalism: Kurdish leader
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The northern Syrian city of Raqqa is expected to join a decentralized system of government being set up by Syrian Kurdish groups and their allies once it is freed from Islamic State, a leading Kurdish politician told Reuters on Monda…
U.S.-coalition sees no ‘imminent risk’ to Syria’s Tabqa dam
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The U.S.-led coalition said on Monday it saw no imminent danger to a major hydroelectric dam that allied Syrian militias are fighting to take from Islamic State, unless the jihadists planned to blow it up.
UK’s May will highlight common Brexit aims on Scotland visit: spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will use a visit to Scotland on Monday to set out what she believes are significant areas of agreement with Scottish authorities on what sort of deal Britain needs to get from leaving the European Union.
Kremlin rejects U.S., EU calls to free detained opposition protesters
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Monday rejected calls by the United States and the European Union to release opposition protesters detained during what it said were illegal demonstrations the previous day and accused organizers of paying teenagers to…
Syrian rebels resume withdrawal from last Homs bastion: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hundreds of rebels left their last bastion in Syria’s Homs city on Monday, resuming an evacuation expected to be among the largest of its kind under a Russian-backed deal with the government, state media and a monitor said.
Kenyan forces kill 31 al Shabaab militants in Somalia: statement
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan troops in Somalia killed 31 Islamist al Shabaab militants in a raid on two of their bases in the southern Somali region of Jubbaland, the Kenyan military said on Monday.
South Africa’s Zuma recalls Gordhan from international roadshow, rand falls
JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma asked Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Monday to return home “immediately” from an investor roadshow abroad, reviving talk of a cabinet reshuffle and unnerving investors who see Gordh…
France’s Le Pen says lacks election funds, has no Russian backing
PARIS (Reuters) – French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said on Monday she had yet to secure all the funding she needs for her election campaign with less than four weeks to go before voting begins.
