U.S. mulls special ops mission to support Nigeria’s Boko Haram fight
DAKAR (Reuters) – The United States has offered to send a special operations mission to Nigeria to help the West African country fight Islamist militant group Boko Haram, the United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) said on Friday.
U.S. advisors within miles of battle for key Syrian town: military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. special forces advisors are within miles of rebels who they are helping to capture the strategic Syrian town of al-Shadadi from Islamic State but are away from the front lines, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday.
Cameroon says its army kills 92 militants in operation with Nigeria
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon’s army killed 92 members of Islamist militant group Boko Haram and freed 850 villagers in a joint operation with Nigerian forces, the government of Cameroon said on Friday.
Girl in wheelchair sits silently at shut Macedonian border for hours
IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) – Wheelchair-bound Zhino Hasan, 17, sat silently and alone for most of Friday in front of a closed border gate, hoping that Macedonia would relent and allow her and her family to resume their northward trek through the Balkans…
Iran briefly overstepped a limit set by nuclear deal, IAEA says
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran briefly exceeded a limit set by a deal with major powers under which sanctions against it were lifted, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday, but Tehran then came back within the permitted bounds.
Kosovo parliament elects new president, turns blind eye to tear gas, petrol bombs
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo’s parliament has elected Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci as the country’s new president in a tense session as opposition activists released tear gas in the chamber and threw petrol bombs outside the parliament building.
Israeli troops shoot dead Palestinian who tried to stab them-army
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers on Friday shot and killed a Palestinian who tried to stab troops at a checkpoint near the West Bank town of Ramallah, the Israeli army said, in the latest attack during a five-month-long wave of violence.
Al Qaeda in Syria calls for more fighting as deadline nears
BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syria’s branch of al Qaeda, one of its most powerful Islamist rebel groups, called for an escalation in fighting against the government and its allies, adding to the dangers facing an agreement to halt fighting set to start on…
Turkey turns off independent TV channel on ‘terrorist’ charge
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – An independent Turkish broadcaster was pulled off the air on Friday over allegations of “spreading terrorist propaganda,” adding to fears the government is cracking down on the media, its general coordinator said.
Hezbollah signals no end to Saudi crisis; central bank reassures on currency
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah indicated there would be no apology to Saudi Arabia over Lebanon’s decision not to condemn attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, signaling no quick end to a crisis seen as a risk to Lebanese economic and political s…
