Yemen oil port fire from Saudi-led air strike kills at least nine
CAIRO (Reuters) – An air strike by a Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen killed at least nine people on Thursday at an oil facility on the Red Sea operated by its Houthi opponents, oil workers and medics said.
Islamists bomb, storm restaurant in Somali capital
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Islamist gunmen stormed a popular beachside restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday, setting off two car bombs and battling government soldiers trying to flush them out.
Iraqi PM doubts any Iranian link with three missing Americans
DAVOS (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Thursday that three Americans who disappeared in Iraq last week “just went missing,” and he very much doubted any Iranian involvement.
U.N. agency eyes 50,000 Somalis returning from Kenyan camp
DADAAB, Kenya (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR is planning for as many as 50,000 Somalis to return home this year from a Kenyan camp that is now home to 350,000 people, but that figure may not be reached given concerns many refugees …
Kerry believes 2016 will see Islamic State ‘seriously dented’
DAVOS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he believed Islamic State’s military capabilities in Iran and Syria would be seriously weakened by the end of 2016.
Islamic State attack sets storage tanks ablaze at Libyan oil terminal
BENGHAZI/TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) – Islamic State militants set fire on Thursday to oil storage tanks in a fresh assault on Ras Lanuf terminal in northern Libya and the group threatened further attacks as they exploit a prolonged power vacuum in the la…
China’s Xi visits Egypt, offers financial, political support
CAIRO (Reuters) – China signed investment and aid deals worth billions of dollars with Egypt during a visit by President Xi Jinping on Thursday and expressed support for Cairo’s efforts to maintain stability, which have included a crackdown on dissent….
Saudi-Iran dispute jeopardizes Yemen peace talks
DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) – Worsening enmity between rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran is jeopardizing peace prospects in Yemen where a nine-month-old war has given Islamist militants a foothold in Riyadh’s backyard.
Wall Street weighs into Britain’s EU vote: Goldman, JPMorgan back ‘in’ campaign
LONDON (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are making large donations to the campaign to keep Britain inside the European Union, sources said, highlighting the concern among some of the world’s biggest banks over the impact of a British exit.
Gang warfare in El Salvador pushes death rate to record
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – William Hernandez, tired and aching, had just finished a 24-hour shift as a coroner examining more than a dozen corpses in the capital of El Salvador, victims of gang warfare that has made the Central American country one of th…
