Drone strike targets Islamic State affiliated militants in Afghanistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A drone strike killed five suspected militants in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday when missiles slammed into a camp of fighters affiliated with Islamic State, Taliban and security officials said.
Arab push to pressurize Israel thwarted at U.N. nuclear watchdog
VIENNA (Reuters) – An Arab bid to pressurize Israel over its assumed nuclear arsenal failed on Thursday after Washington and other powers united to reject it at the U.N. atomic watchdog’s annual gathering.
Motorcycle blast kills two in southern Thailand bomb attacks
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A bomb concealed in a motorcycle parked outside a temple in Thailand’s southernmost province killed two people and wounded 14 on Thursday in attacks by suspected ethnic Malay separatists, police said.
Berlin police shoot dead convicted militant after knife attack
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police said on Thursday that they had shot dead a man they described as a convicted member of a terrorist group after he attacked a policewoman in western Berlin with a knife.
Pakistan accuses India of killing three civilians in border shelling
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan accused Indian troops of firing shells across the disputed border in Kashmir on Thursday and killing three civilians as tensions ran high in both countries just weeks after they called off high-level peace ta…
Vatican hopes pope’s Cuba trip helps end U.S. embargo
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican said on Thursday it hoped Pope Francis’s trip to Cuba would help bring an end to a 53-year-old U.S. embargo and lead to more freedom and human rights on the communist island.
Mexico nabs a suspected mastermind of apparent massacre of 43: source
ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexico has caught one of the supposed masterminds behind the apparent massacre of 43 student teachers last year, a police source said on Thursday, potentially raising hopes more will come to light in an incident still shrou…
U.S. sends Guantanamo Bay detainee to Morocco: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday said it had repatriated a Guantanamo Bay detainee to Morocco, marking the seventh confirmed detainee freed from the detention camp so far in 2015.
China’s island airstrips to heighten South China Sea underwater rivalry
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s apparent construction of a third airstrip on its man-made islands in the disputed South China Sea could fill a gap in Beijing’s anti-submarine defenses, complicating operations for the U.S. Navy and its allies, Chinese and…
Colombian rebels step closer towards becoming legal political group
HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia’s leftist rebels said Thursday for the first time during three years of peace talks that they were ready to discuss steps towards becoming a legal political movement.
