Battle for Iraq’s Mosul could take months: ICRC
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Iraqi government’s assault to retake the city of Mosul could take months, prompting more and more civilians to try to flee to avoid being trapped between frontlines, a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cro…
Islamic State tells supporters to quit messaging apps for fear of U.S. bombs
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic state has told its members to stop using internet-based communication apps like WhatsApp and Telegram on smartphones, suspecting they are being used by the U.S.-led coalition to track and kill its commanders.
South Sudanese flee as country edges closer to ‘genocide’
KARUKWAT, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Charity Mandulu said the executions began soon after government soldiers – around 100 of them mostly from South Sudan President Salva Kiir’s Dinka ethnic group – arrived in her home town of Tore Payam….
Thailand’s crown prince becomes country’s new king
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, 64, became Thailand’s new king on Thursday after he accepted an invitation from parliament to succeed his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in October.
Ethnic cleansing going on in South Sudan: U.N. commission
GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Ethnic cleansing is taking place in some areas of South Sudan and the stage is set for a repeat of the Rwandan genocide, the head of the U.N. commission of human rights in the country said on Thursday at the end of a 10-…
U.N. decapitates North Korea’s statue export business
SEOUL (Reuters) – Impoverished North Korea is not known for a bustling manufacturing industry but has earned a reputation in some African states for a highly visible export – its huge socialist-style statues.
French Left try to start fightback while they wait for Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s ruling Socialists, staring at prospective humiliation in next year’s presidential election, are cranking up their election machine in a bid to re-energise voters disenchanted by Francois Hollande’s five years in power.
Iranians face terrorism charges after filming Israeli embassy in Kenya
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Two Iranians and their Kenyan driver, who worked for the Iranian embassy in Nairobi, were charged on Thursday with collecting information for a terrorist act after filming the Israeli embassy, lawyers said.
Boko Haram attacks destroy farm communities, bring famine risk
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Fati Adamu has not seen three of her six children nor her husband since Boko Haram militants attacked her hometown in northeast Nigeria in an hail of bullets.
Britain shocked by growing soccer child abuse scandal
LONDON (Reuters) – What began as a harrowing account of child abuse suffered by a former professional English soccer player last month has lifted the lid on what could be one of the worst pedophile scandals Britain has ever known.
