Libya’s North African neighbors brace for any Western strikes
ALGIERS/TUNIS (Reuters) – Libya’s neighbors are again preparing for possible Western intervention in Libya, tightening border security and sending diplomatic warnings about the risk from hurried action against Islamic State that could force thousands r…
EU leaders to discuss Turkey, ‘Plan B’ at migration dinner
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders pondering the migration crisis in Brussels on Thursday will discuss whether a German-backed strategy for Turkey to curb the flow was enough or a “Plan B” to close Balkan borders is needed.
Iraq sentences 40 to death over Islamic State’s mass killing of captured soldiers
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi court sentenced 40 captured members of Islamic State to death on Thursday for the killing of hundreds of soldiers after their capture by the ultra-radical militant group as it swept across northern Iraq in 2014, a judicial …
Palace says Thai king recovers from fever, infection present
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej is recovering from a fever but is still being treated for an infection, the palace said in a statement on Thursday.
Three killed in Afghan forces raid on clinic run by Swedish aid group
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Two patients and a caretaker were killed during an overnight raid by Afghan forces on a health clinic in the central province of Wardak, the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan, the aid group which runs the facility, said …
Cameron says hard work, good will key to reaching EU deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron forecast a difficult European summit but said that with hard work and good will a deal could be struck with EU partners to help keep Britain in the European Union.
Pakistan, with 324 executions in 2015, ranks third worldwide: report
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan hanged 324 people last year to rank third worldwide in terms of executions, but the vast majority of those put to death had no links to militant groups or attacks, rights groups said in a report seen by Reuters.
Poland’s Walesa says will defend himself in court against new communist spy allegations
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s Lech Walesa, who shot to world fame for his role in the collapse of communism, promised on Thursday to defend himself in court against new allegations that he collaborated with the communist-era secret services.
MSF seeks independent probe into bombing of Syria hospital
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Medecins Sans Frontieres medical charity called on Thursday for an independent investigation into air strikes that killed 25 people at an MSF-backed hospital in north Syria early this week.
SGS denies responsibility for missing nuclear material in Iraq
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss inspections group SGS denied on Thursday any responsibility for security at the site where radioactive material used to test pipes at an oil field in southern Iraq disappeared last year.
