Leading al Qaeda figure killed in Syria: jihadist sources
AMMAN (Reuters) – A leading figure in al Qaeda who became a prominent member of its Syrian Nusra Front offshoot was killed in a drone attack on Monday, the group and jihadist sources said.
Colombia’s peace deal in limbo after shock referendum
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and Marxist guerrillas scrambled on Monday to revive a plan to end their 52-year war after voters rejected the hard-negotiated deal as too lenient on the rebels in a shock referendum result that plunged the nati…
North Korean missile advances expose Japan in two-decade arms race: sources
TOKYO (Reuters) – Successful rocket tests have propelled North Korea ahead in a two-decade long arms race with Japan, leaving Tokyo unsure it could fend off a missile strike by the Pyongyang regime without U.S. help, military sources told Reuters.
U.S. suspends Syria ceasefire talks with Russia, blames Moscow
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States broke off talks with Russia on Monday on implementing a ceasefire agreement in Syria and accused Moscow of not living up to its commitments under the Sept. 9 deal to halt fighting and ensure aid reached besieged…
Afghan hospital bombing reenacted in protest as bombs fall on Aleppo
GENEVA (Reuters) – Geneva’s main hospital became a fiery inferno on Monday night in a simulation to commemorate the deadly U.S. air strike on a Kunduz hospital in Afghanistan a year ago and to condemn alleged Syrian and Russian bombing of health center…
Brazil’s new parties fail to capitalize on anti-corruption mood
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s municipal elections showed that new parties have failed to capitalize on voters’ disenchantment with a corruption-tainted political establishment, making it unlikely an outsider will win the 2018 presidential poll.
Syrian rebels approach symbolic Islamic State village
ISTANBUL/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian rebels backed by Turkey and a U.S.-led coalition are closing in on the Islamic State-held village of Dabiq, the site of an apocalyptic prophesy central to the militant group’s ideology.
Bomb kills 20 at Kurdish wedding in Syria: reports
AMMAN (Reuters) – A bomb killed at least 20 people at a Kurdish wedding in the northeast Syrian city of Hasaka on Monday, a Kurdish militia and a monitoring group said, while state media said the casualties had risen to at least 30 dead.
Kidnapped Red Cross worker freed in Yemen and taken to Oman: agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Red Cross worker kidnapped 10 months ago in Yemen was freed on Monday and taken to neighboring Oman, Omani state news agency ONA and the ICRC said.
Ex-detainees say CIA used mock electric chair in secret Afghan prison: rights group
(Reuters) – Two Tunisian men who spent 12 years in U.S. custody in Afghanistan said CIA interrogators tortured them using previously unreported techniques that included threatening them with a mock electric chair and beating them with batons so brutall…
