Israel presses Brazil to accept pro-settler envoy
JERUSALEM/BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s reluctance to accept an Israeli ambassador who is a West Bank settler has set off a diplomatic crisis and led to concerns in the Israeli government that the clash could encourage pro-Palestinian activism against …
Evacuation of three Syrian towns to go ahead Monday under rare deal: sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Besieged rebel fighters in a Syrian border town and families trapped in two Shi’ite towns in northern Syria are expected to be evacuated on Monday in the second stage of a rare, U.N.-backed deal between warring sides in Syria’s war, …
Hezbollah leader tells Israel to brace for retaliation over Qantar’s death
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said on Sunday that Israel miscalculated by killing prominent militant Samir Qantar in Syria last week, saying that retaliation for his death was inevitable, whatever the consequences.
Al Shabaab Islamists claim deadly ambush in northeastern Kenya
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The Somali Islamist group al Shabaab said it ambushed a Kenyan security vehicle in remote northeastern Kenya on Sunday, killing four members of the security forces.
Turkey’s Kurds call for self-rule amid violence in southeast
ANKARA (Reuters) – Kurdish groups meeting in southeastern Turkey called for self-rule on Sunday amid heavy fighting in the region as the army pushed ahead with a security operation in which it says more than 200 Kurdish militants have been killed.
As Central Africans prepare to vote, major challenges still loom
BANGUI (Reuters) – As General Bala Keita, the military head of Central African Republic’s U.N. peacekeeping mission, fended off militia attacks on a polling station in a besieged Muslim enclave in the capital Bangui earlier this month, he was surprisin…
U.S., allies conduct 33 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 28 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and five in Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on Sunday.
Two Palestinians shot dead after stabbing Israeli soldier: army
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians who stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the army said, the latest attack in 12 weeks of heightened violence.
Paranoid: North Korea’s computer operating system mirrors its political one
SINGAPORE/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s homegrown computer operating system mirrors its political one, according to two German researchers who have delved into the code: a go-it-alone approach, a high degree of paranoia and invasive snooping on users.
Fear and few answers as Turkish police round up Syrian refugees
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Ghada’s five children cried out in terror when police broke into their run-down Istanbul flat at dawn and ordered the 36-year-old Syrian’s family onto a bus, without saying why.
