Former U.S. drone operators say strikes feed Islamist militancy
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lethal U.S. drone strikes in the Middle East are fueling hatred towards the West and spurring the expansion of Islamist militant groups such as ISIS, a group of former U.S. military airmen said on Thursday.
Several Paris attackers were on U.S. watchlists: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At least four of the Paris attackers were listed in a central counter-terrorism database maintained by the U.S. intelligence community, five U.S. officials said on Thursday.
‘Spider in web’ mastermind of Paris attacks killed in raid
PARIS (Reuters) – The suspected Islamic State mastermind of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid north of the capital, France confirmed on Thursday, bringing an end to the hunt for Europe’s most wanted man.
Kerry says U.S. can ‘neutralize’ Islamic State quicker than it did al Qaeda
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday the United States has the ability to “neutralize” Islamic State much faster than it was able to do with al Qaeda.
U.N. committee condemns Iranian intervention in Syria war
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee on Thursday adopted a Saudi-drafted resolution condemning Iranian and Russian intervention in Syria, a decision that the Syrian and Iranian delegations rejected as unhelpful …
Saudi to host mid-December conference to unite Syria opposition: TV
DUBAI/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will host a conference in mid-December aimed at unifying the Syrian opposition, Saudi-owned television station Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath said on Thursday.
Fake pesticides endanger crops and human health in India
FARIDABAD, India (Reuters) – Millions of unsuspecting Indian farmers are spraying fake pesticides onto their fields, contaminating soil, cutting crop yields and putting both food security and human health at risk in the country of 1.25 billion people.
New Islamic State video threatens attack on White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Islamic State militants released a video on Thursday threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France.
U.S. says disappointed with sentence of Israeli cop who beat teenager
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it was “disappointed” that an Israeli riot policeman was sentenced to community service, and not prison, for beating an American teenager of Palestinian descent last year, saying there was clear…
Five dead in Palestinian attacks in Tel Aviv, West Bank-Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian fatally stabbed two people in a Tel Aviv office building and three other people were killed in an attack in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israeli police and the army said.
