U.S., allies conduct 37 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 37 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, including a burst of air strikes against the militant group near the Syrian city of Manbij, according to the coalition leadi…
Iran threatens response to new U.S. visa restrictions
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will take reciprocal measures in response to any breach of this year’s nuclear deal, the Foreign Ministry warned on Monday, after Tehran said new U.S. visa restrictions contravened the historic agreement.
Two female suicide bombers blow themselves up in Cameroon, no other deaths
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Monday in the Far North region of Cameroon while trying to carry out attacks for Islamist militant group Boko Haram, local officials said, but there were no other deaths.
One killed, 33 wounded in Kabul suicide attack
KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least one person and wounded 33 on Monday in an attack on a road near a school close to Kabul airport, officials in the Afghan capital said, two weeks after a major insurgent assault in the city.
China passes controversial counter-terrorism law
BEIJING (Reuters) – China passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law on Sunday that requires technology firms to help decrypt information, but not install security “backdoors” as initially planned, and allows the military to venture overseas on coun…
China police detain 12 in connection with landslide disaster
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in China have detained 12 people in connection with a deadly landslide last week, including at least one executive from a company that ran a dump for construction waste that swept through an industrial park, state media said …
About 20 killed in mosque bombing in northern Nigerian city, official says
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – About 20 people were killed in a bomb blast in a mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Monday, an official at state emergency agency NEMA said.
Russia hopes US to drop idea for forward basing of arms in Eastern Europe
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday it hoped the United States would drop plans to store military hardware for as many as 5,000 American troops in several Baltic and Eastern European countries, the RIA Novosti news agency quo…
China police detain 12 in connection with Shenzhen landslide
BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in the Chinese city of Shenzhen have taken “coercive measures” against 12 people in connection with last week’s deadly landslide, state news agency Xinhua said, using an expression that generally refers to detention.
Gunmen kill woman anti-polio volunteer in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Two gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed a female polio vaccination campaigner in Afghanistan on Monday and seriously wounded her granddaughter, officials said.
