Yemeni government forces push into province around capital: tribal sources
DUBAI (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Yemen’s government fought their way into the province surrounding the capital on Monday, tribal sources said, the closest they have advanced toward Sanaa since the Houthi movement seized it in September last year.
Brussels police release five detained in connection to Paris attacks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian police on Monday released five people they had detained following raids on homes in Brussels as part of investigations linked to attacks in Paris that killed 130 people in November, prosecutors said.
Rockets hit Afghan capital Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Three rockets hit an area of the Afghan capital Kabul that contains many foreign embassies and government buildings, hours after a suicide attack killed six NATO soldiers on Monday.
Waste spill buries buildings in southern China, 85 missing
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – At least 85 people were missing in China on Monday a day after a giant flow of mud and construction waste spewed out of an overfull dump in a boomtown and buried 33 buildings in its latest industrial disaster.
Ugandan police arrest supporters of opposition presidential candidate
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Ugandan police on Monday arrested 20 supporters and security guards at the headquarters of an opposition candidate vying to end the nearly 30-year rule of President Yoweri Museveni in elections next February, police and a campaign s…
Iraqi army to start attack on ISIS-held Ramadi city in coming hours: Commander
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s armed forces will start an operation to retake the western city of Ramadi from Islamic State militants very soon, army chief of staff Lt. General Othman al-Ghanemi told state TV on Monday.”There is an ongoing operation to con…
Niger opposition rejects voter register, casts doubt on polls
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s opposition parties rejected a newly audited voter register on Monday, saying the process did not meet their demands and casting doubt on presidential and parliamentary elections set for February.
Russia says black box from warplane downed by Turkey unreadable
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Investigators in Moscow said on Monday they were unable to retrieve information from the damaged black box of a Russian warplane shot down by Turkey last month, data the Kremlin hoped would support its version of what happened.
Refugee arrivals in Germany down sharply in December: police
BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of refugees arriving in Germany in December has more than halved from the previous month, according to statistics from the German federal police obtained by Reuters on Monday.
Pakistan-backed Afghan peace talks may restart within weeks
ISLAMABAD/KABUL (Reuters) – Pakistan-brokered peace talks between Afghanistan and Taliban insurgents could restart in early January after weeks of pressure from partners including the United States and China, officials in Islamabad and Kabul said.
