Islamic State fighters in Libya doubled but militias check growth: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Islamic State has doubled its fighters in Libya to between 4,000 and 6,000 in the last 12 to 18 months but militias in the North African nation have limited the hardline militants’ growth, the commander of U.S. forces in Africa s…
U.N. Syria envoy delays peace talks to ensure players are serious
GENEVA (Reuters) – The start of a new round of peace talks on the Syrian war has been pushed back by two days so that U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura can travel to Damascus and Tehran to sound out their position on a political transition, the envoy sa…
Denmark arrests four for suspected IS support, two for weapons
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish police said they had arrested four people on Thursday suspected of having been recruited by Islamic State (IS) to commit terrorist violence, and two others of breaking Danish weapons law.
Video suggests aide to Iraq’s Saddam may still be alive
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A video clip broadcast on Saudi-owned television on Thursday suggested that a former right-hand man to late Iraqi president Saddam Hussein who Iraqi forces and Shi’ite militias said had been killed a year ago may still be alive.
German police detain two men suspected of planning violence
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police said they had detained a 46-year-old Iraqi and a 29-year-old Nigerian on Thursday after receiving a tip that they could have been planning “a serious act of violence”.
Support for Germany’s ruling parties sinks: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Support for one of Germany’s ruling parties has sunk to a near 20-year low and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives have lost ground too, a poll showed on Thursday, suggesting a deal to limit migrant numbers has yet to reassure v…
Syrian rebels seize most of IS stronghold: monitor and rebel source
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebel forces on Thursday took over most of a town near the Turkish border that had been a stronghold of Islamic State, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and a rebel source said.
‘Shame on you, I am not dying’, Mugabe tells potential successors
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Thursday accused potential successors for wishing him dead and told ruling ZANU-PF supporters to unite against foreign enemies he said wanted to destroy the Southern African nation.
In Switzerland, a handshake wakes cultural clash
ZURICH (Reuters) – A school’s decision to allow two Muslim pupils not to shake their teachers’ hands has added fresh fuel to an ongoing debate in Switzerland about integration of immigrants.
Macron shakes French politics with centrist push
PARIS (Reuters) – By the age of 35 he had brokered a $10 billion takeover deal. Could precocious investment banker turned politician Emmanuel Macron really become President of France before his 40th birthday?
