Afghan forces free 59 prisoners from Taliban jail in south
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan special forces freed 59 prisoners from a Taliban jail in Helmand, officials said on Saturday, as government troops redouble their efforts to drive back the insurgents who have seized large parts of the volatile southern provinc…
Defiant Iran pledges to ramp up missile program, in challenge for Obama
DUBAI (Reuters) – A series of Iranian officials vowed on Friday to expand Tehran’s missile capabilities, a challenge to the United States which has threatened to impose new sanctions even as the vast bulk of its measures against Iran are due to be lift…
Somali al Shabaab militants use Donald Trump in recruiting film
RIYADH (Reuters) – Somalia’s Islamist militant group al Shabaab has released a recruitment film in the form of a documentary about racial injustice in the United States featuring Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, SITE Monitoring reported …
Cars torched outside U.S. consulate in Tijuana: FBI
(Reuters) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Mexican authorities are investigating who started a fire outside the U.S. consulate in Tijuana that destroyed four cars, a U.S. official said on Friday.
Terrified families emerge from rubble after battle of Ramadi
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) – Terrified families waved white flags as they emerged from homes reduced to rubble in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, where government troops were still battling Islamic State fighters holed up on Friday, five days after the army reca…
Eight killed in Guatemala prison fight: official
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – A fight at an overcrowded Guatemalan prison killed at least eight prisoners and wounded 20, the country’s interior minister said on Friday.
Suicide bombing hits restaurant in Afghan capital Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide attack on a French restaurant in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday killed a 12-year-old boy and wounded more than a dozen other people, officials said.
Two shot dead in Tel Aviv, Israeli Arab named as fugitive suspect
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A gunman identified by relatives as a member of Israel’s Arab minority killed two people on a bustling thoroughfare in central Tel Aviv on Friday before fleeing, an incident that ramped up tensions after three months of Palestinian…
Terrified families emerge from rubble after battle of Ramadi
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) – Terrified families waved white flags as they emerged from homes reduced to rubble in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, where government troops were still battling Islamic State fighters holed up on Friday, five days after the army reca…
Rival Taliban factions agree on ceasefire; leader Mansour absent
PESHAWAR (Reuters) – Rival factions of the Afghan Taliban agreed to stop deadly infighting, officials said, but tensions remained over the status of new leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who has not been seen since reportedly being shot last month.
