Iraqi army closes in on Islamic State militants near Falluja
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraq’s army sought on Monday to eliminate Islamic State fighters holed up in farmland west of Falluja to keep them from launching a counterattack on the city, a day after the government declared victory over the militants ther…
Magnitude 5.7 quake shakes southern Mexico, no damage reported
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, shaking buildings as far away as Mexico City, but officials reported there were no immediate damages.
Crashed EgyptAir flight data recorder successfully repaired: investigation committee
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt investigators said on Monday that the flight data recorder of crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 had been successfully repaired, paving the way for investigators to analyze data that may explain why the jet plunged into the Mediterr…
Suicide bombing west of Baghdad kills 12, sources say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 12 people were killed and 32 wounded early on Tuesday when a suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives attacked a mosque in Abu Ghraib, about 25 km (15 miles) west of the Iraqi capital, police and medics said.
Eight suicide bombers target Lebanese Christian village
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Eight suicide bombers attacked a Lebanese Christian village on Monday, killing five people and wounding dozens more, in the latest violent spillover of the five-year-old Syrian war into Lebanon.
Kerry raises harassment of U.S. diplomats in Moscow with Putin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian harassment and surveillance of U.S. diplomats in Moscow has increased significantly and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry raised the issue recently with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the State Department said on Mond…
U.S. troubled by trial of Bahraini activist for critical tweets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bahrain’s plan to try an activist for tweets condemning the Gulf Arab kingdom’s prison system and involvement in the war in Yemen is worrisome to the United States, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.
U.S. investigates reports hostages killed in Afghanistan air strike
KABUL (Reuters) – At least six prisoners of the Taliban as well as a Taliban commander died following a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan at the weekend, according to conflicting reports which U.S. officials said they were investigating.
UK pensions minister Crabb considering bid to succeed PM Cameron: Sky News
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s work and pensions minister Stephen Crabb is considering a bid to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron, Sky News reported on Monday, citing sources.
Islamic State bombings in southern Yemen kill 38: medics
ADEN (Reuters) – Three coordinated Islamic State bomb attacks on Yemeni government forces killed 38 people in the southern port city of Mukalla on Monday, medics and security sources said.
