Israeli general assailed for Nazi comparison on Holocaust memorial day
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s deputy military chief suggested in a Holocaust memorial speech that there were signs of Nazi-like behavior in Israeli society, drawing condemnation from two cabinet ministers on Thursday before he backtracked on the remar…
Libya output could fall within days if Hariga dispute continues: NOC Tripoli
LONDON (Reuters) – Libya may be forced to slash oil production within days if a stand-off between eastern and western factions that has prevented loadings at the Marsa al-Hariga port continues, an official from state oil firm NOC in Tripoli told Reuter…
Saudi security operation against Islamic State fighters in Mecca: state TV
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi security forces undertook an operation against alleged Islamic State fighters in Mecca on Friday, state news agency Ekhbariya said without providing any more details.
Kenyan rescuers race to free woman trapped under rubble for six days
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Rescue workers were racing on Thursday to dig out a woman found alive under the rubble of a building in Kenya’s capital six days after it collapsed, a senior officials at the site said.
Islamic State militants seize gas field in eastern Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State militants on Thursday captured the main Shaer gas field in eastern Syria in the first gain for the ultra hardline jihadists in the Palmyra desert area since they lost the ancient city in March, rebel sources and a monito…
Syrian whose plight went viral finds refuge in Spanish soccer
MADRID (Reuters) – Mementos from the soccer world that brought Syrian refugee Osama Abdul Mohsen to Spain are strewn around the flat he shares with two of his sons, including a ball signed by Real Madrid’s star players and a banner for the local team, …
Europe to urgently assess risk of drones hitting planes
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European aviation safety authorities have set up a task force to urgently assess the dangers of collisions between drones and aircraft after a rise in near-misses with passenger planes.
Bangladesh Islamist party leader to hang for war crimes
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a final appeal by the leader of the top Islamist party against a death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said, meaning he could be hanged at …
Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia to coordinate against militant pirates
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines agreed on Thursday to conduct coordinated maritime patrols after a spate of ship hijackings by Islamist militants in the southern Philippines.
China protests at U.S. accusations of abuse of religious groups
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has lodged a diplomatic protest with the United States after a U.S. government commission said Chinese violations of religious freedom last year remained “severe”, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
