Afghan spy chief resigns after fallout with president
KABUL (Reuters) – The head of Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency resigned on Thursday over disagreements with President Ashraf Ghani, laying bare divisions that have hindered efforts to fight the growing Taliban insurgency.
Majority of U.S. millennials support troops to fight ISIS: poll
BOSTON (Reuters) – A majority of U.S. young adults support sending ground troops to fight Islamic State militants, though fewer than one in five would be willing to serve themselves, according to a Harvard University poll released on Thursday.
Bosnian Serbs say to halt cooperation with state police, court
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Bosnia’s autonomous Serb region said on Thursday it would halt cooperation with the national court, prosecutor and police in objection to a war crimes raid, further threatening the integrity of the country 20 years after …
Finnish police arrest two Iraqi men on suspicion of terrorism
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish police on Thursday arrested two Iraqi men on suspicion of shooting 11 unarmed prisoners in Iraq in June 2014, killings that were filmed by Islamic State on put online.
Sweden to tighten terror laws, still on high alert
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden said on Thursday it would tighten its terror laws to make it illegal to travel abroad to fight and stamp down passport abuse in the wake of the recent attacks in Paris and a heightened level of security in the Nordic countr…
Nobel Peace Prize laureates call for fight against terrorism, Palestine solution
OSLO/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Tunisian pro-democracy group accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday and set the fight against terrorism and helping Palestinians to achieve self-determination as global priorities.
Police to face trial for beating Luxor man to death
CAIRO (Reuters) – Nine Egyptian policemen will face trial in a criminal court charged with beating to death a father of four in the southern city of Luxor, judicial sources said on Thursday.
U.S., allies conduct 23 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 23 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Wednesday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on Thursday.
Still divided, countries join final push for climate deal
PARIS (Reuters) – Exhausted global climate negotiators resumed wrestling over the language of an agreement on Thursday morning after talks that dragged through the night failed to bridge gaps between rich and developing countries.
Kerry says progress made in Saudi-led talks with Syrian opposition
PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that Saudi-led talks to try to unite Syrian opposition groups had made progress, an important step for advancing political talks on ending the Syrian conflict.
