Bangladesh lifts ban on Facebook
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh lifted a ban on Facebook on Thursday, three weeks after blocking it in anticipation of protests after the Supreme Court upheld death penalties on two opposition leaders, a government official said.
Iraqi forces dislodge Islamic State militants from two key areas in Ramadi
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces have made advances on two fronts in the city of Ramadi, clearing Islamic State militants from a key military command base and a sprawling neighborhood on its western edge, army officials said.
Iran recruits Pakistani Shi’ites for combat in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – For years, websites linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard have posted articles eulogizing Shi’ite fighters who die in Syria. But two men heralded last month for dying to defend a shrine near Damascus were different from most martyrs given such treatment in the past: they were Pakistanis.
Germany’s Steinmeier urges EU to unite on refugees, or else fail
BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union must unite in its response to dealing with the huge number of refugees surging into the bloc or else it will fail, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday.
Afghan spy chief resigns after fallout with president
KABUL (Reuters) – The head of Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency resigned on Thursday over disagreements with President Ashraf Ghani, laying bare divisions that have hindered efforts to fight the growing Taliban insurgency.
Majority of U.S. millennials support troops to fight ISIS: poll
BOSTON (Reuters) – A majority of U.S. young adults support sending ground troops to fight Islamic State militants, though fewer than one in five would be willing to serve themselves, according to a Harvard University poll released on Thursday.
Bosnian Serbs say to halt cooperation with state police, court
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Bosnia’s autonomous Serb region said on Thursday it would halt cooperation with the national court, prosecutor and police in objection to a war crimes raid, further threatening the integrity of the country 20 years after …
Finnish police arrest two Iraqi men on suspicion of terrorism
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish police on Thursday arrested two Iraqi men on suspicion of shooting 11 unarmed prisoners in Iraq in June 2014, killings that were filmed by Islamic State on put online.
Sweden to tighten terror laws, still on high alert
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden said on Thursday it would tighten its terror laws to make it illegal to travel abroad to fight and stamp down passport abuse in the wake of the recent attacks in Paris and a heightened level of security in the Nordic countr…
Nobel Peace Prize laureates call for fight against terrorism, Palestine solution
OSLO/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Tunisian pro-democracy group accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday and set the fight against terrorism and helping Palestinians to achieve self-determination as global priorities.
