Egypt’s top Muslim cleric says terrorism uses religion as front
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s top Muslim cleric said on Saturday that terrorism was a disease that used religion as a front and it was wrong to blame Islam for crimes committed in its name like last week’s Paris attacks.
U.S. likely to make another South China Sea patrol before year-end: Navy official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy will likely carry out another patrol within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea before the end of the year, a U.S. Navy official said on Friday.
U.N. move boosts British PM bid for Syria air strikes: envoy
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron’s bid to start air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria could be bolstered by a U.N. Security Council resolution adopted on Friday calling on able states to fight the militants…
U.S. likely to make another South China Sea patrol before year-end: Navy official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy will likely carry out another patrol within 12 nautical miles of artificial islands in the South China Sea before the end of the year, a U.S. Navy official said on Friday.
About 27 dead after Islamists seize hotel in Mali’s capital
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Around 27 people were reported dead on Friday after Malian commandos stormed a hotel seized by Islamist gunmen to rescue 170 people, many of them foreigners, trapped in the building.
U.N. calls on states to combat militants in Syria and Iraq
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – All able states should join the fight against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq and redouble efforts to prevent further attacks by the militant group, the United Nations Security Council said on Friday.
India blocks visits by U.S. officials despite warmer ties
WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Despite a much-heralded fresh start in U.S.-India ties under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a diplomatic source said on Friday the United States has run into problems arranging visits by two senior officials, reca…
Tapped phone led Paris attack leader to his death
PARIS (Reuters) – Police watched the suspected mastermind of the Paris attacks being led by a woman into an apartment the evening before both died there in a raid by special forces, a police source said on Friday.
In rare admission, U.S. says civilians killed in Iraq strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. air strike that targeted an Islamic State checkpoint in Iraq in March likely killed four civilians, one of whom may have been a child, the U.S. military said on Friday in a rare statement acknowledging the death of civilia…
Israeli spy Pollard released after 30 years in U.S. prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was released on Friday after 30 years in an American prison but he will stay in the United States under strict parole conditions in a case that strained relations between the two allies for decades.
