Islamic State radio show seeks new recruits in Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Islamic State militants in eastern Afghanistan have taken to the airwaves to win recruits as they try to build strength and replace the Taliban as the leading force in the Islamist insurgency.
State Department says U.S. citizen killed in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Monday that American Lisa Akbari, who had worked as a consultant for aid agency World Vision, was killed in Kabul on Sunday but gave few details about the circumstances surrounding her death.
Boko Haram violence forces one million children out of school: U.N.
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Violence in northeast Nigeria and neighboring countries targeted by Boko Haram has forced more than one million children out of school, leaving them prey to abuse, abduction and recruitment by armed groups, the Unit…
Controversial China anti-terror law looks set to pass this month
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s controversial anti-terrorism law could be passed as soon as the end of this month, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday, legislation that has drawn concern in Western capitals for its cyber provisions.
Burkina issues warrant for ex-leader Compaore over Sankara murder
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso has issued an international arrest warrant for ousted leader Blaise Compaore in connection with the murder of former president Thomas Sankara nearly 30 years ago, judicial sources told Reuters on Monday.
U.N. mulls ‘light’ options to monitor possible Syria truce: envoys
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations is mulling “light touch” options for monitoring a possible ceasefire in Syria that would keep its risks to a minimum by relying largely on Syrians already on the ground, diplomatic sources said.
Passenger says Muslims protect Christians in Islamist attack on Kenyan bus
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Somali Islamist militants sprayed a Kenyan bus with bullets on Monday, killing two people, but a passenger said he and fellow Muslims defied demands from the attackers to help identify Christians traveling with them.
Mali government declares 10-day state of emergency
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s government on Monday declared a ten-day state of emergency from midnight after what security sources say follows a series of threats from unnamed jihadist groups.
Exclusive: In favoring Middle East ally, U.S. glossed over human rights record
WASHINGTON/MUSCAT (Reuters) – As the United States negotiated this year’s nuclear pact with Iran, the State Department quietly agreed to spare the Gulf sultanate of Oman from an embarrassing public rebuke over its human rights record, rewarding a close Arab ally that helped broker the historic deal.
Motorbike suicide bomber kills six U.S. troops in Afghanistan
KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Six American troops were killed in Afghanistan on Monday when a suicide bomber on a motorbike struck their patrol near Bagram air base, officials said, the deadliest attack on U.S. forces this year.
