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…
Saudi Arabia, Turkey to set up ‘strategic cooperation council’: Saudi FM
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and Turkey agreed on the need to set up a “strategic cooperation council” to strengthen military, economic and investment cooperation between the two countries, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Tuesday.
Kabul to host peace talks meeting next week, official says
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan will host a meeting with officials from Pakistan, the United States and China next week to prepare the way for possible peace talks with the Taliban, an official at the Afghan president’s office said on Tuesday.
British couple convicted of preparing London attack
LONDON (Reuters) – A British couple were convicted on Tuesday of plotting an attack in London after the husband sent out tweets asking for advice on which targets he should hit, alerting police to a stockpile of chemicals at their home.
Exclusive: Iraqi army needs Kurds’ help to retake Mosul – Zebari
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iraqi army will need the Kurds’ help to retake Mosul, the largest city under the control of Islamic State with the planned offensive expected to be very challenging in a region home to rival religious and ethnic groups, an Iraqi…
Blast at government office in Pakistan kills 23: official
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber attacked a government office in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 70, officials said.
French back plan to strip dual citizens’ nationality in terrorism cases: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Plans to strip dual citizens of their French nationality in terrorism cases have strong popular support, a poll showed on Tuesday after the government said it would pursue the measure despite fierce left-wing criticism.
Russia names Boris Nemtsov murder mastermind, allies see cover-up
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian police named a Chechen man as the alleged mastermind behind the high-profile murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, but the dead politician’s supporters said he was only a low-level figure and that a cover-up was underway…
Burkina Faso’s first new leader in decades sworn in
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s constitutional court swore in Roch Marc Kabore as president on Tuesday, making the former prime minister the country’s first new leader in almost 30 years following his election last month.
Austria turns away hundreds of migrants for lying about nationality
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria has sent hundreds of migrants back to neighboring Slovenia in the past three days for lying about their nationality in an apparent attempt to improve their chances of being granted asylum, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
