Malaysian Deputy PM says must defend sovereignty in South China Sea dispute
KOTA KINABALU, MALAYSIA (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister said the country must defend encroachment of its sovereignty in a veiled swipe at China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, as tensions flared ahead of a regional meeting tha…
Syria’s Nusra Front says it has captured Hezbollah fighters near Aleppo
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s al Qaeda offshoot, the Nusra Front, said on Saturday it had captured three Lebanese Hezbollah fighters in northern Syria.
Pakistani air strikes kill at least 17 in former Taliban stronghold
Parachinar, PAKISTAN (Reuters) – Pakistani air strikes killed at least 17 suspected militants near the Afghan border on Saturday, officials said, part of a military offensive to retake North Waziristan, a region that was once a Taliban stronghold.
Turkish jets hit Kurdish targets in northern Iraq: security official
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish jets hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq overnight on Friday, a senior security official said, as President Tayyip Erdogan urged the international community to prioritize the fight against terrorism in the wake of t…
Islamic State says France remains top target
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks that killed 127 people in Paris, saying it sent militants strapped with suicide bombing belts and carrying machine guns to various locations in the heart of the capital.
Massive crowd protest in South Korea against Park’s labor reform plans
SEOUL (Reuters) – Tens of thousands protested against South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s labor and education policies on Saturday in one of the largest street rallies in recent years, prompting police to use water canons and barricades to stop the …
China shows unusual pictures of its fight against terror
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media on Saturday showed rare pictures of its armed forces on what it said was a mission to root out militants in the far western region of Xinjiang.
Dozens of Afghan troops defect to Taliban in Helmand fighting
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least 65 Afghan soldiers have defected to the Taliban, taking their weapons and equipment with them and 88 have been killed in days of heavy fighting in the volatile southern province of Helmand, the local provin…
U.S. ‘reasonably certain’ that British Islamic State militant Jihadi John killed in strike
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United States announced on Friday it was “reasonably certain” a drone strike in Syria had killed Jihadi John, a British citizen who became the public face of Islamic State and a symbol of its brutality after appearing …
At least 22 dead in Central African Republic village attacks
BANGUI (Reuters) – At least 22 people were killed in a string of raids on villages in Central African Republic this week, a local official and state radio said on Friday, as an escalation of violence threatened to derail a visit by the pope and crucial…
