Some Iraqis ditch fight against Islamic State for life in Europe
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Some Iraqi soldiers are abandoning their posts and joining a wave of civilian migrants headed to Europe, raising new doubts about the cohesion of the country’s Western-backed security forces in the fight against Islamic State milita…
Nepal violence continues day after adoption of new constitution
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Police in Nepal said they shot and injured at least three protesters on Monday, a day after the Himalayan nation adopted its first democratic constitution, the violence dashing hopes that the historic event would put a stop to wee…
Uganda’s veteran president gets nod to run again, faces tough rival
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s veteran President Yoweri Museveni got the formal go-ahead from his party to stand again in elections next year, setting him up for a possible tough confrontation with ally-turned-adversary, former prime minister Amama Mbaba…
Rebels see tougher war with Russians in Syria, evoke Afghanistan
AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rebels who have inflicted big losses on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad say Russia’s intervention in support of its ally will only lead to an escalation of the war and may encourage the rebels’ Gulf Arab backers to pour in mor…
Iranian nuclear experts take Parchin samples without IAEA: IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian nuclear experts have taken environmental samples from the military base at Parchin without United Nations inspectors being present, the spokesman for Iran’s atomic energy agency was quoted as saying on Monday.
Netanyahu to quiz Putin on Russia’s reinforcement of Syria
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Moscow on Monday to seek reassurance from President Vladimir Putin about Russia’s military deployment in Syria and to lay out Israel’s concerns about the risk of weapons reaching militants…
Support for Japan’s Abe sags after security bills passed
TOKYO (Reuters) – Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fell after the passage of controversial national security bills, which could let troops fight overseas for the first time since the end of World War Two, polls published on Monday …
At least five killed in suicide bomb attack in northern Cameroon
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – At least five people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on Sunday in the northern Cameroon town of Mora, military sources said, in what appeared to be the latest cross-border attack by Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist militant group….
Mexico leftist party to consider tie-ups to challenge Pena Nieto
(Reuters) – Mexican’s main leftist opposition party on Sunday agreed to consider political tie-ups with conservative rivals as it gears up to take on President Enrique Pena Nieto´s Institutional Revolutionary Party in state elections due next year.
Colombia’s Santos goes to Venezuela meeting without ‘great expectations’
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Sunday he will attend a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart to resolve an ongoing border crisis with “the best intentions but without great expectations”.
