Mexico air lifts food into villages as teacher blockades spread
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s air force flew tons of grain to the southern state of Oaxaca on Friday as protests by teachers opposed to education reform spread across the country and road blocks led to dwindling food supplies in some remote regions….
Murders in El Salvador drop by half in June
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Murders in El Salvador plunged 51 percent in June compared with the same month last year, police said on Friday, attributing the drop to new government security measures even as gangs pointed to a recent truce to explain the de…
Syria rebels retake key town in western coastal province: monitor, rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Insurgents seized a strategic town from Syrian government forces and their allies in the western coastal province of Latakia on Friday, a monitoring group and the rebels said, in a rare advance for them in the area.
Three killed as Libya forces close on central Sirte against Islamic State
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan forces fighting to free the city of Sirte from Islamic State forces have surrounded a conference hall in the area still held by militants after air strikes and clashes that killed at least three pro-government fighters…
Libyan forces battle Islamic State street-to-street in Sirte
SIRTE, Libya (Reuters) – Crouching on a rooftop, Libyan truck driver Riyad Swaid takes aim through breeze blocks at positions held by Islamic State fighters a few hundred meters away in the city of Sirte.
Air strike kills two Islamic State military commanders: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition air strike killed Islamic State’s deputy minister of war and a military commander in Mosul on June 25, a Pentagon official said on Friday.
U.S. says kills up to 116 civilians in strikes outside war zones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government accepted responsibility on Friday for inadvertently killing up to 116 civilians in strikes in countries where America is not at war, a major disclosure likely to inflame debate about targeted killings and use …
Sierra Leone diplomat is kidnapped in Nigeria: sources
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s deputy high commissioner in Nigeria has been kidnapped in the northern state of Kaduna, a security source and an embassy official said on Friday.
Italy’s biggest Chinese community clashes with police near Florence
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) – Violent clashes broke out this week between police and the Chinese community in a suburb of Prato, near Florence, in central Italy, home to one of the largest concentrations of Chinese-run industry in Europe.
Two suspects in Istanbul attack identified as Russian: Turkish media
ISTANBUL/TBILISI (Reuters) – Two Russian nationals have been identified as suspected Islamic State suicide bombers in the attack on Istanbul’s main airport that is thought to have been masterminded by a Chechen, Turkish media said on Friday.
