Rocket hits mosque in eastern Afghanistan, six killed
KABUL (Reuters) – A rocket apparently fired by fighters from the radical Islamic State movement has hit a mosque in eastern Afghanistan, killing six worshippers and wounding four others, a local official said on Saturday.
China sentences ‘cult’ leader to life in prison amid crackdown: Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has sentenced the head of what it calls a cult to life in prison on charges including rape and fraud, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday, continuing a crackdown on what it views as dangerous illegal movements.
Russia risks Syrian quagmire: U.S. official Blinken
MANAMA (Reuters) – Moscow’s intervention in the Syrian conflict will have the unintended consequences of drawing Russia into a quagmire and alienating Sunni Muslims across the region, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday.
Saudi says Assad, Iran-backed foreign forces must quit Syria
RIYADH (Reuters) – Russia and Iran must agree to a date and means for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to quit the country, and agree to withdraw all foreign forces from Syria, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said in an interview with S…
Romanian nightclub fire leaves 27 dead, 184 injured
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – A fire in a Bucharest nightclub killed 27 people and injured 184 during a rock concert that featured fireworks late on Friday, Romanian government officials and witnesses said.
Saudi Arabia says hopes Iran will use sanctions money for development
MANAMA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia hopes Iran will use the financial proceeds it secures after sanctions are lifted after its nuclear deal with world powers to develop its economy rather than for “aggressive policies”, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said…
Iran threatens Arabs as much as Islamic State says Bahrain
MANAMA (Reuters) – Iranian support for subversion in Arab states is as big a threat to the region as the Islamic State jihadist group, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed Al Khalifa said on Saturday at a security conference in Manama.
U.S. to send special forces to Syria, truce sought after peace talks
VIENNA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States disclosed plans on Friday to station its first ground troops in Syria for the war against Islamic State, saying dozens of U.S. soldiers would be sent as advisers to groups fighting the militants.
Knife-wielding Palestinians strike in West Bank, Jerusalem; two dead
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Knife-wielding Palestinians attacked Israelis in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Friday and police said they had shot dead two assailants, in a further wave of violence spurred partly by tensions over a Jerusalem holy site…
European Union sides with United States on South China Sea incident
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union sided with Washington on Friday over a U.S.-Chinese patrolling incident in the South China Sea, in a move that may affect Brussels’ discussions with Beijing at next week’s Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) of foreign af…
