Exclusive: Islamic State ruling aims to settle who can have sex with female slaves
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Islamic State theologians have issued an extremely detailed ruling on when “owners” of women enslaved by the extremist group can have sex with them, in an apparent bid to curb what they called violations in the treatment of captu…
Iranian Revolutionary Guards fired rockets near U.S. warships in Gulf: U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian Revolutionary Guards launched rockets near the U.S. aircraft-carrier Harry S. Truman and other warships as they were entering the Gulf on Saturday, giving only brief notice in a “highly provocative” act, a U.S. military s…
Top aide to North Korea leader Kim Jong Un dies in car crash: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) – A senior North Korean ruling party official and a top aide to leader Kim Jong Un has died in a car accident, the state news agency reported on Wednesday, in the latest event to hit the close circle of deputies of the country’s leader….
Central African Republic to vote in election to restore democracy
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic votes in a presidential election on Wednesday aimed at restoring democratic rule in a divided country gripped by years of violence in which thousands have died.
France calls for EU crackdown on fake Syrian passports
PARIS (Reuters) – France has asked the European Union to improve the detection of fake Syrian passports used by people trying to get into Europe after two of the suicide bombers in the Nov. 13 Paris attacks were found carrying such passports.
Georgia, with eye on 2016 election, switches prime minister
TBILISI (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Georgia voted on Tuesday to approve Georgy Kvirikashvili as the ex-Soviet state’s new prime minister, an appointment widely seen as an attempt to boost the ruling coalition’s flagging popularity amid an economic slump.
Obama to host Colombia’s Santos for Feb. 4 White House visit
HONOLULU (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will host Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos for an “official working visit” in Washington on Feb. 4, the White House said on Tuesday.
Syrian army, backed by air strikes, advances toward southern town
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian troops backed by heavy aerial bombardment pushed toward a strategic town in the southern province of Deraa on Tuesday after capturing a nearby military base, the army said.
Iraq’s Abadi plants flag in Ramadi to mark Islamic State defeat
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi planted the national flag in Ramadi on Tuesday after the army retook the city center from Islamic State a day earlier, a victory that could help vindicate his strategy for rebuilding the military…
U.S.-led air strikes kill IS leaders linked to Paris attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition has killed 10 Islamic State leaders in the past month with targeted air strikes, including individuals linked to last month’s attacks in Paris, a spokesman for the coalition said on Tuesday.
