German diplomat takes over as U.N. envoy to Libya on Tuesday
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Veteran German diplomat Martin Kobler will take over from Bernardino Leon of Spain as the top United Nations envoy to Libya on Tuesday, the U.N. press office said.
Cambodia opposition leader, facing arrest, delays return
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Monday delayed his return home from South Korea as tension comes to a head between his supporters and those of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Vowing to destroy terrorism, France seeks global coalition against Islamic State
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia to join a global coalition to destroy Islamic State in the wake of the attacks across Paris, and announced a wave of measures to combat terror in France.
Britain to hire 1,900 more spies to defend against Islamic State militants
BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) – Britain will boost its intelligence agency staff by 15 percent and more than double spending on aviation security to defend against Islamist militants plotting attacks from Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday.
U.N. plans to move troops to Central African Republic from Ivory Coast
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Monday it plans to redeploy some 300 peacekeepers to Central African Republic from a U.N. mission in Ivory Coast in a bid to boost security ahead of the country’s planned December elections and a vi…
Colombia’s leftist ELN rebels free two soldier hostages
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s leftist ELN rebels have freed two Colombian army soldiers held hostage for three weeks, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday.
Obama rules out U.S. troops on ground to fight Islamic State
BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) – President Barack Obama ruled out a shift in strategy in the fight against Islamic State on Monday despite the deadly attacks in Paris, saying putting more U.S. troops on the ground as sought by his political critics “would be …
Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington.
Syrians in Raqqa fear new warplanes in crowded skies
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrians living under Islamic State rule in its de facto capital of Raqqa fear they will pay the price for the group’s Paris attacks with more air strikes.
G20 vows joint security steps after Paris attacks; no new strategy on Syria
BELEK, Turkey (Reuters) – World leaders vowed tighter border controls, more intelligence sharing and a crackdown on terrorist financing after the Paris attacks, but there was little sign at a summit on Monday of a dramatic shift in strategy against Isl…
