Afghan forces end siege after suicide attacks in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan security forces ended an 11-hour standoff in central Kabul on Tuesday, shooting dead the last of a group of attackers who struck hours after a separate suicide bombing killed and wounded dozens of security personnel and civilia…
Philippines scrambles to soothe tensions after Obama slur
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UK radical Choudary jailed for encouraging support for Islamic State
LONDON (Reuters) – Anjem Choudary, Britain’s best-known Islamist preacher, was jailed on Tuesday for five years and six months for encouraging support for Islamic State, ending years of frustration for police who had struggled to pin charges on him.
Russia’s Putin offers support to new Uzbekistan leadership
ALMATY (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged his support to the man emerging as the likely next leader of Uzbekistan on Tuesday, during a visit that put a stamp on Moscow’s claim to be the ex-Soviet republic’s closest ally.
Italy breaks up ring smuggling Syrian refugees to Western Europe
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police said on Tuesday they had broken up a criminal network that smuggled mostly Syrian refugees across the Balkans to Western Europe.
London City airport protest ends, BA delays continue
LONDON (Reuters) – Air passengers in Britain and beyond faced delays on Tuesday after a “Black Lives Matter” protest on a runway halted flights for six hours at London City Airport and a computer glitch hit British Airways in London and the United Stat…
Kyrgyzstan says Uighur militant groups behind attack on China’s embassy
BISHKEK (Reuters) – A suicide bomb attack on the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital last week was ordered by Uighur militants active in Syria and carried out by a member of the East Turkestan Islamic movement, Kyrgyzstan’s state security service sai…
France deploys artillery, readies carrier ahead of Mosul offensive
PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Tuesday it was deploying artillery to Iraq and readying its aircraft carrier for deployment to reinforce foreign military support for the Iraqi army’s expected push to recapture Mosul, the de facto capital of Islamic St…
A year on, migrant crisis hangs over votes in Hungary, Austria
VAMOSSZABADI, Hungary/NICKELSDORF, Austria (Reuters) – On a warm morning in late August, two dozen migrants carrying stuffed plastic bags and backpacks boarded a bus outside a refugee center in Vamosszabadi, a village in northwest Hungary.
Emirates jet hit by shifting winds before hard landing, fire: inquiry
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Emirates jet that skidded along the runway on its fuselage at Dubai airport and caught fire last month was subjected to shifting winds as it made a failed attempt to abort a landing, United Arab Emirates (UAE) investigators said on…
