Islamic State video turns British attention to banned group
LONDON (Reuters) – If London-born convert Abu Rumaysah is confirmed as the front man in the latest Islamic State video, then he will be just the latest in a long line of militants to emerge from a banned group the authorities say breeds easy prey for j…
Britain’s ‘shoddy’ security under fire after militant slips away to Islamic State
LONDON (Reuters) – Six weeks after a British militant who is suspected of being an Islamic State executioner slipped out of the country, police sent a letter asking him to surrender his passport, a security bungle that has drawn criticism from oppositi…
China again lands planes on disputed island in South China Sea: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday landed two test flights on an island it has built in the South China Sea, four days after it angered Vietnam with a landing on the same runway in the disputed territory, the Xinhua state news agency said.
U.S., allies stage 19 strikes in Iraq against Islamic State: statement
WASHINGTON(Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday led 19 strikes targeting Islamic State in Iraq and one in Syria, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on Wednesday.
Coca-Cola blames ad agency for map showing Crimea as part of Russia
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. drinks firm Coca-Cola on Wednesday blamed a marketing agency for a map used in an online advertising campaign that showed Crimea to be part of Russia and which drew protests and threats of a boycott from angry Ukrainians.
German police give all-clear over packages at Merkel’s office
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police gave the all-clear after investigating five items delivered to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in central Berlin on Wednesday.
Philippine ‘comfort women’ fear China sea dispute blocks justice from Japan
MANILA (Reuters) – A group of Philippine “comfort women”, forced to work in Japanese military brothels in World War Two, accused their government on Wednesday of not doing enough to help them secure an apology and compensation from Japan.
Indonesia turns to China as ethnic Uighurs join would-be jihadis
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian authorities are working with their counterparts in China to stem a flow of ethnic Uighur militants seeking to join Islamist jihadists in the world’s most populous Muslim country, Indonesia’s counter-terrorism chief said.
Bangladesh court upholds death sentence for Islamist leader
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for a top Islamist party leader on Wednesday for atrocities committed during the country’s war of independence from Pakistan more than four decades ago, a government lawyer said.
Germany registered 1.09 million asylum seekers in 2015
BERLIN (Reuters) – Some 1.09 million asylum seekers were registered in Germany in 2015, sources in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government told Reuters on Wednesday, confirming German media reports.
