South Sudan Vice President Machar sacks minister after ‘defection’
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar has fired a minister who he said had defected to his long-time rival President Salva Kiir’s party.
Islamic State said to shun withdrawal offer in surrounded Syrian city
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State appeared to have shunned an offer for its fighters to withdraw safely from the Syrian city of Manbij and clashes with U.S.-backed forces raged ahead of its expiry, a spokesman for Washington-backed forces said on Saturd…
Malaysian police say bomb plot on top officers foiled, 14 held
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian authorities said on Saturday they had foiled a bomb attack on top police officers and arrested 14 suspected Islamic State (IS) operatives in a week-long operation.
India searches for missing air force plane, no wreckage found
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian ships and aircraft searched on Saturday for an air force plane that went missing over the Bay of Bengal with 29 people on board the previous day, with no indication what happened to the aircraft or sign of wreckage, the defen…
Members of Afghan Hazara minority protest in Kabul over power line route
KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of people from Afghanistan’s Hazara minority demonstrated in the capital Kabul on Saturday to demand changes to the route of a planned multi-million dollar power transmission line.
Erdogan announces army overhaul in latest post-coup shakeup
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan pledged to overhaul the army in response to last week’s failed coup, a sign that a newly imposed state of emergency would be used to press on with a purge that has alarmed the West.
Peruvians march to call for release of former leader Fujimori
LIMA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Peruvians who view the country’s former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori as a misunderstood hero marched through the streets of downtown Lima on Friday to demand the incoming president free him from prison.
Mexico to investigate migrant children drowned off Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican prosecutors said on Friday they had begun investigating the death of three Central American migrant children who drowned off the country’s Pacific coast earlier this week.
Kerry’s Syria plan with Russia faces deep skepticism in U.S., abroad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Skeptics in the U.S. government, European allies in the anti-Islamic State coalition and the main Syrian opposition, distrustful of Russia’s intentions, are questioning Secretary of State John Kerry’s latest proposal for closer U.S.-Russian cooperation against extremist groups in Syria.
EgyptAir Flight 804 broke up in midair after a fire: NY Times
(Reuters) – Evidence gathered in an investigation into the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 in the Mediterranean Sea in May shows the plane likely broke up in midair after a fire near or inside the cockpit that quickly overwhelmed the crew, according to Eg…
