U.S. says two top al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan targeted in strikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States carried out strikes in Afghanistan on Sunday targeting two of al Qaeda’s most senior leaders in the country, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
Nigerian activist held in solitary in Japan, prompting calls for her release
TOKYO (Reuters) – A prominent Nigerian asylum seeker and activist is being held in solitary at a Tokyo detention center, a case that has highlighted a growing crackdown on foreigners living in Japan without visas and prompted demands for her release.
Japan’s Prince Mikasa, oldest imperial family member, dies at 100
TOKYO (Reuters) – The 100-year-old uncle of Japanese Emperor Akihito, Prince Mikasa, died on Thursday, leaving only four heirs to the Chrysanthemum throne, the Imperial Household Agency said.
Museum opens to pay tribute to China’s “comfort women”
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A museum dedicated to Chinese “comfort women”, as those who were forced to work in Japan’s wartime brothels were euphemistically known, opened in Shanghai this month.
Islamic State holds up Iraqi army south of Mosul
QAYYARA/BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters kept up on Wednesday their fierce defense of the southern approaches to Mosul, which has held up Iraqi troops there and forced an elite army unit east of the city to put a more rapid advance on h…
Air strikes in Syria’s Idlib kill 26, mostly children: rescuers, monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes by Syrian or Russian warplanes on Wednesday killed at least 26 people, most of them schoolchildren, in a village in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province, rescue workers and a monitoring group said.
More than 90 migrants believed missing after boat sinks off Libya: coastguard
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – More than 90 migrants are believed to be missing after their boat sank off the coast of western Libya on Wednesday, a coastguard spokesman said.
U.N. aid chief to Security Council on Syria: ‘Buck stops with you’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations aid chief Stephen O’Brien told the Security Council on Wednesday that the “buck stops with you” when it comes to ending the nearly six year war in Syria and he is “incandescent with rage” that no action is bein…
U.S. using Tunisia to conduct drone operations in Libya: U.S. sources
WASHINGTON/BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States has begun using a Tunisian air base to conduct surveillance drone operations inside Libya, the latest expansion of its campaign against Islamic State militants in North Africa, U.S. government sources sai…
Cyprus peace talks move to Switzerland to pursue trade-offs, says U.N.
ATHENS (Reuters) – Leaders of ethnically-split Cyprus will move peace talks to Switzerland in November where territorial issues will be discussed, the United Nations said on Wednesday, in the latest attempt at ending one of Europe’s most enduring confl…
