After Paris attacks, pressure builds for big military response to Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Paris terror attacks are likely to galvanize a stronger global military response to Islamic State, after a U.S.-led air war that has lasted more than a year has failed to contain a group now proving itself to be a growing wor…
Costa Rica re-opens border, issuing visas to Cuban migrants
PASO CANOAS, Costa Rica (Reuters) – To cheers from a large crowd of Cuban migrants, Costa Rica on Saturday re-opened its border with Panama after a sudden tightening in its immigration policy had left more than 1,200 of them stranded there.
Syria talks produce election road map after Paris attacks
VIENNA (Reuters) – Russia, the United States and powers from Europe and the Middle East outlined a plan on Saturday for a political process in Syria leading to elections within two years, but differences remained on key issues such as President Bashar …
Palestinian motorist dies in what Israel suspects was ramming attack
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian motorist was killed in a suspected ramming attack on Saturday near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank in which three Israelis were injured, police said.
Lebanon arrests five Syrians, one Palestinian suspect in Beirut bombings: security source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese authorities arrested five Syrians and a Palestinian in connection with the twin suicide bombings in central Beirut on Thursday that killed 43 people, a senior security source said on Saturday.
Jordan says mass killer was mentally disturbed, not a jihadist
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan said on Saturday that a police officer who went on a shooting spree, killing five people including two American police trainers, was psychologically disturbed and not linked to any radical Islamist group.
Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes off Japan’s Kyushu: USGS
(Reuters) – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Saturday.
Saudi Arabia to continue support Syrian rebels if Assad does not leave
VIENNA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Saturday that his country would continue to support Syrian rebels if President Bashar al-Assad could not be removed through a political process.
U.S. wages air strike on Islamic State leader in Libya
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Saturday it launched an air strike targeting the Islamic State’s senior leader in Libya, where the militant group has grown stronger in the chaos following the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi four years ago…
Mexico review may allow more marijuana use, ease sentencing
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A national debate on overhauling Mexico’s marijuana legislation will consider easing custodial sentences and raising the amount of the drug that people can carry, according to the government official tasked with overseeing the p…
