Two civilians, three security officers killed in Turkish action against Kurd rebels
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Two civilians, two soldiers and a police officer have been killed in southeastern Turkey as military operations to root out armed fighters focused on urban centers across the mainly Kurdish region, security sources said.
Syrian opposition to demand confidence-building moves before talks
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s opposition wants to see confidence-building steps from Damascus including a prisoner release before negotiations due this month, officials said on Monday, a demand that could complicate efforts to start the talks.
Danes, Swedes impose new border checks in fresh blow to open-frontier Europe
COPENHAGEN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Denmark imposed temporary identity checks on its border with Germany on Monday following a similar move by Sweden, dealing a double blow to Europe’s fraying passport-free Schengen area amid a record influx of migrants.
Quake strikes northeast India, Bangladesh; 11 dead, nearly 200 hurt
IMPHAL, India (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck northeast India and Bangladesh on Monday, killing at least 11 people and injuring nearly 200, with efforts to reach remote areas where people may be trapped hampered by severed power lines and tele…
Afghan forces besiege insurgents near Indian consulate in Mazar
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan special forces fought with insurgents barricaded in a house near the Indian consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Monday after an overnight attack that coincided with an assault on an Indian …
Curfew imposed on Yemen’s Aden after fighting kills 12
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemeni authorities announced a dusk to dawn curfew in Aden starting on Monday following a night of gunbattles between armed men and government forces that killed at least 12 people from both sides, a local government spokesman said.
Zambia sets 2016 election date, scraps power price hike
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s new constitution on Monday set Aug. 11 as the date for five-yearly presidential and parliamentary elections, previously set by the president, lining up another close vote after last year’s neck-and-neck race.
U.S. leads 25 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 25 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq on Sunday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement released on Monday.
France prepares tribute to Charlie Hebdo, Jewish shop victims
PARIS (Reuters) – France this week commemorates the victims of last year’s Islamist militant attacks on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket with eulogies, memorial plaques and another cartoon lampooning religion.
Iraqi Sunni mosques attacked in apparent retaliation for Saudi execution
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least two Sunni Muslim mosques have been attacked in Iraq in apparent retaliation for the execution of a senior Shi’ite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, officials and police said on Monday.The interior ministry in Baghdad conf…
