At least 39 civilians, 14 fighters killed since start of Russian air strikes: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 39 civilians, including eight children and eight women, have been killed in Russian air strikes in Syria in the past four days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday.
Syrian opposition, rebel groups united against U.N. Syria ‘working groups’ plan
ANKARA/GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. plan towards ending the civil war in Syria would not work in its current form, Syria’s western-backed opposition and rebel groups said in a rare show of unity on Saturday, a day after the government said it was ready to…
Russia says Air Force made over 20 flights in Syria in past 24 hours
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Air Force has made over 20 flights in Syria in the past 24 hours and targeted nine Islamic State objects, Russian news agencies cited a Defence Ministry official as saying on Saturday.
Bad weather hinders search for missing Indonesian plane
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s aerial search for a plane that went missing over Sulawesi the previous day with 10 people abroad was halted on Saturday afternoon due to bad weather.
Merkel urges Europe to protect external borders amid refugee crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe needed to protect its external frontiers as it faces the greatest influx off refugees since World War Two – a crisis that she said was “testing Europe’s mettle”.
Only 5 percent of Russian strikes hitting Islamic State: Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – Only one in 20 Russian air strikes in Syria are aimed at Islamic State targets, Britain’s defense secretary said on Saturday, warning that Vladimir Putin was instead killing civilians to shore up President Bashar al-Assad.
Australian officials say Sydney police HQ shooting ‘linked to terrorism’
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police said on Saturday they believed the shooting of a police worker by a 15-year-old boy in Sydney the previous day was “linked to terrorism”, the latest in a series of attacks blamed on radicalized youth.
Mexico clash may have involved ‘extrajudicial killings’: rights body
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An international human rights body on Friday called for Mexico to investigate a clash between security forces and alleged gang members that killed 43 people, citing testimony suggesting it had included extrajudicial killings by …
Brazil court allows Lula questioning in Petrobras corruption case
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court authorized the questioning by police of ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a broadening corruption case focused on state-run oil company Petrobras, a representative for the court said on Friday.
Obama warns Russia’s Putin of ‘quagmire’ in Syria
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama warned Russia on Friday that its bombing campaign against Syrian rebels will suck Moscow into a “quagmire,” after a third straight day of air raids in support of President Bashar al-Assad.
