Two South Koreans charged with attempting to help North Korean spy smuggle tyres
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors have charged two men with helping a North Korean spy attempt to smuggle used tyres into the North that could be used by the military.
Zambia’s Lungu leads in election, main opponent alleges irregularities
LUSAKA (Reuters) – President Edgar Lungu was leading in Zambia’s presidential election on Monday, with 85 percent of the constituencies counted, but his main rival demanded a recount in a key district, citing irregularities.
Ghana’s president promises return to prosperity as he kicks off re-election campaign
Cape Coast, GHANA (Reuters) – Ghana’s President John Mahama told supporters the country was overcoming its economic problems and promised a return to prosperity as he launched his campaign on Sunday ahead of what is expected to be a close-run election….
Saudi king returns home, gives bonus to personnel fighting in Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz returned home on Sunday after a month-long holiday in Morocco, and ordered a month’s extra pay for Saudi military and security personnel actively involved in military operations in Yemen, state…
Kurdish forces launch fresh thrust to retake Mosul from Islamic State
WARDAK, Iraq (Reuters) – Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched a fresh attack on Islamic State (IS) forces early on Sunday as part of a campaign to capture Mosul, the militants’ de facto capital in Iraq, Kurdish officials said.
Islamic State faces uphill ‘branding war’ in Afghanistan, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The U.S. drone strike that killed Islamic State’s commander for Afghanistan and Pakistan was the latest blow to the Middle East-led movement’s ambitions to expand into a region where the long-established Taliban remain the dominan…
Taliban ‘special forces’ lead Helmand assault: Afghan officials
CHAH-E-ANJIR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Only a few days ago, this village of mud huts in southern Afghanistan was a battlefield.
Woman and suspect die after Swiss train attack, two girls in serious condition
ZURICH (Reuters) – One woman died and two girls were in serious condition a day after an attack on a Swiss train by a man armed with a knife and flammable fluid which also claimed the suspect’s life, local police said on Sunday.
Heavy fighting in Aleppo as Syrian rebels renew their assault: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Heavy fighting took place in different sectors of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday as rebels assaulted two government strongholds in the city’s northwest and south, a monitor of the war said.
Libyans fighting Islamic State in Sirte report advances along coast
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan forces fighting to oust Islamic State from their former North African stronghold of Sirte said they had made advances on Sunday in a coastal neighborhood after staging attacks by land, sea and air.
