Islamic State claims Aden suicide car bombing that kills six
ADEN (Reuters) – Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing outside Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s residence in the southern city of Aden on Thursday that killed at least six people.
Italy says West prepared to take on Islamic State in Libya
ROME (Reuters) – Western powers are prepared to fight Islamic State in Libya even if the North African country fails to agree on a unified government soon, Italy’s defense minister said on Thursday.
Canada signals it will reengage with Russia despite Ukraine
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will seek closer relations with Russia despite deep tensions over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine, new Liberal Foreign Minister Stephane Dion signaled on Thursday, marking a major policy shift.
Turkish soldiers on border shot at from ISIS territory in Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish soldiers clearing mines came under fire on Thursday from Islamic State-controlled territory across the Syrian border, Turkey’s Dogan news agency said.
Britain to take in unaccompanied refugee children from conflict areas
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Britain will take in some unaccompanied refugee children from Syria, North Africa and other conflict areas, the Home Office (interior ministry) said on Thursday, but it did not say how many. 
Morocco, Germany agree on migrant deportations
RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco’s king has agreed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on repatriating illegal migrants to Morocco, the palace said, a move that follows sexual attacks on women in the German city of Cologne blamed mainly on North African men….
Lawyer sees possible parallels in deaths of two Russians in UK exile
WOKING, England (Reuters) – A week after a British inquiry ruled that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably approved the murder of an ex-KGB agent in London, a court heard on Thursday that the sudden death of a Russian mafia whistleblower had “pote…
More people arriving in Europe without ‘genuine asylum claim’, says EU executive
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union executive said on Thursday there had been an increase in the number of people arriving in Europe without a genuine claim to asylum as countries around the continent grow increasingly nervous over the migration cr…
No bomb found on plane at Cairo airport after threat: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security has found nothing suspicious on board a passenger plane that was held up for searches at Cairo airport on Thursday afternoon following a bomb threat, security sources said.
Syrian Kurds plan big attack to seal Turkish border: source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The powerful Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and its local allies have drawn up plans for a major attack to seize the final stretch of the Syrian-Turkish border held by Islamic State fighters, a YPG source familiar with the plan said on T…
