Islamic State says France remains top target
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks that killed 127 people in Paris, saying it sent militants strapped with suicide bombing belts and carrying machine guns to various locations in the heart of the capital.
Massive crowd protest in South Korea against Park’s labor reform plans
SEOUL (Reuters) – Tens of thousands protested against South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s labor and education policies on Saturday in one of the largest street rallies in recent years, prompting police to use water canons and barricades to stop the …
China shows unusual pictures of its fight against terror
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media on Saturday showed rare pictures of its armed forces on what it said was a mission to root out militants in the far western region of Xinjiang.
Dozens of Afghan troops defect to Taliban in Helmand fighting
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least 65 Afghan soldiers have defected to the Taliban, taking their weapons and equipment with them and 88 have been killed in days of heavy fighting in the volatile southern province of Helmand, the local provin…
U.S. ‘reasonably certain’ that British Islamic State militant Jihadi John killed in strike
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States announced on Friday it was “reasonably certain” a drone strike in Syria had killed Jihadi John, a British citizen who became the public face of Islamic State and a symbol of its brutality after appearing …
At least 22 dead in Central African Republic village attacks
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least 22 people were killed in a string of raids on villages in Central African Republic this week, a local official and state radio said on Friday, as an escalation of violence threatened to derail a visit by the pope and crucial…
At least 60 dead in Paris shootings, hostages held: French media
PARIS (Reuters) – France was rocked by multiple, near simultaneous attacks on entertainment sites around Paris on Friday evening and French media said at least 60 people were killed and hostages were being held in a concert hall in the capital.
U.S. ‘reasonably certain’ that British Islamic State militant Jihadi John killed in strike
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States announced on Friday it was “reasonably certain” a drone strike in Syria had killed Jihadi John, a British citizen who became the public face of Islamic State and a symbol of its brutality after appearing …
Russia’s Putin and Venezuela’s Maduro discuss energy ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, the Kremlin said on Friday.
Devil is in the detail before new round of Syria peace talks
VIENNA (Reuters) – Two weeks after they jointly called for a political solution to Syria’s civil war, foreign ministers and senior officials from Russia, the United States, Europe and the Middle East struggled on Friday to turn that idea into a more co…
