Warring tribes in southern Libya sign peace deal
DOHA (Reuters) – Rival tribes from southern Libya who have battled for control of oil fields signed a peace agreement in Qatar on Monday, a Qatari official said, raising hopes of an end to violence that has plagued a remote corner of the country since …
Putin says Russian air strikes to last until plane bombers are punished
TEHRAN (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russian air strikes in Syria would last as long as was necessary to punish those guilty of blowing up a Russian airliner over Egypt last month, an incident in which 224 people were killed.
OSCE urges Vatican to withdraw charges against journalists
VIENNA (Reuters) – The Vatican should withdraw criminal charges against two journalists who wrote books accusing it of corruption, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said on Monday, invoking press freedom.
Egypt shoots dead five Sudanese migrants near Israel border
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian border forces shot dead five Sudanese migrants trying to cross from Egypt’s turbulent North Sinai region into Israel on Monday, the military said in a statement.
Bus crash in central Mexico kills 20 people
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A highway traffic accident due west of the Mexican capital killed 20 people and injured at least 15 others, the head of the country’s emergency services said on Monday.
Bibi Times: Netanyahu’s tangled relationship with Israel’s media
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – “You have to play the media like a piano,” an adviser recalls being told by his ex-boss, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
U.S. official says use of chemical weapons is routine in Syria
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war is becoming routine, a U.S. official said in The Hague on Monday, calling on members of the global chemical weapons body to collectively condemn their use.
Exclusive: Kurdish rebel leader says Turkish intransigence harms fight against Islamic State
QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq (Reuters) – Unperturbed by the Turkish fighter jets flying over the mountain where he sat, a top Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader said the conflict between his group and Ankara was undermining efforts to counter Islamic State…
Iraq closes northern airspace over missiles launched at Syria
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq closed its northern airspace to commercial flights on Monday for at least two days due to military traffic from Russia’s air campaign in neighboring Syria, a spokesman for Erbil International Airport said.
Hopes fade for 100 miners missing after landslide near Myanmar jade mine
YANGON (Reuters) – Hopes faded on Monday that any of an estimated 100 people missing would be found alive after a landslide in northern Myanmar buried an encampment near a jade mine, and officials said it was still unclear how many people were living i…
