Syrians flee war to brave smugglers’ gauntlet in volatile Latin America
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – A group of five Syrians paid smugglers $10,000 each to travel through multiple countries before being detained for carrying false Greek documents in Honduras, their epic journey exposing a little-known southern smuggling route f…
‘Spider in web’ mastermind of Paris attacks killed in raid
PARIS (Reuters) – The suspected Islamic State mastermind of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid north of the capital, France confirmed on Thursday, bringing an end to the hunt for Europe’s most wanted man.
U.S. military to sound out Canada’s new government on jets, Iraq
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (Reuters) – The Pentagon’s No. 2 will sound out Canada’s new government on Friday on its defense plans following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s election on promises to scrap purchases of F-35 jets and pull Canadian aircraft from s…
Five dead in Palestinian attacks in Tel Aviv, West Bank: Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian fatally stabbed two people in a Tel Aviv office building and three other people were killed in an attack in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israeli police and the army said.
Canada considering constructing camps to house Syrian refugees
TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian government is making preparations for the arrival of Syrian refugees, including the possible construction of camps to house them, a government spokesman said on Thursday.
France pushes U.N. to support fight against Islamic State
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – France wants the United Nations Security Council to push all able states to join the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq after the militants claimed responsibility for downing a Russian plane over Egypt an…
Former U.S. drone operators say strikes feed Islamist militancy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lethal U.S. drone strikes in the Middle East are fueling hatred towards the West and spurring the expansion of Islamist militant groups such as ISIS, a group of former U.S. military airmen said on Thursday.
Several Paris attackers were on U.S. watchlists: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At least four of the Paris attackers were listed in a central counter-terrorism database maintained by the U.S. intelligence community, five U.S. officials said on Thursday.
‘Spider in web’ mastermind of Paris attacks killed in raid
PARIS (Reuters) – The suspected Islamic State mastermind of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid north of the capital, France confirmed on Thursday, bringing an end to the hunt for Europe’s most wanted man.
Kerry says U.S. can ‘neutralize’ Islamic State quicker than it did al Qaeda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday the United States has the ability to “neutralize” Islamic State much faster than it was able to do with al Qaeda.
