China’s army sends vehicles seized in graft crackdown to border areas
BEIJING (Reuters) – Vehicles seized by the Chinese military during a crackdown on corrupt and extravagant practices have been sent for use by units working on China’s remote border areas, the army’s official newspaper said on Tuesday.
U.S. airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in the long-running civil war by intervening on the side of President Bashar al-Assad.
Clashes in Kosovo after opposition figure arrested
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Protesters and police fought running battles in Kosovo on Monday after the arrest of a prominent opposition politician behind a campaign to overturn a landmark deal with Serbia.
Clashes in Kosovo after opposition figure arrested
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Protesters and police fought running battles in Kosovo on Monday after the arrest of a prominent opposition politician behind a campaign to overturn a landmark deal with Serbia.
Amnesty accuses U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish group of demolishing homes
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Amnesty International on Tuesday accused a Syrian Kurdish militia supported by the United States of committing war crimes by driving out thousands of non-Kurdish civilians and demolishing their homes.
U.S. airdrops ammunition to Syria rebels
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. forces airdropped small arms ammunition and other supplies to Syrian Arab rebels, barely two weeks after Russia raised the stakes in the long-running civil war by intervening on the side of President Bashar al-Assad.
Islamic State is prime suspect in Turkey bombing, as protests erupt
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s government said on Monday Islamic State was the prime suspect in suicide bombings that killed at least 97 people in Ankara, but opponents vented anger at President Tayyip Erdogan at funerals, universities and courthouses.
Palestinian youths stab Israeli boy of 13 as violence rages on
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Two Palestinian youths of 13 and 15 stabbed and critically injured a 13-year-old Israeli boy riding his bike in northern Jerusalem on Monday, police said, continuing a wave of attacks in the city in which three alleged Palestinian…
Yemen’s Saleh says ready to commit to U.N. peace terms
DUBAI, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Yemen’s former president has vowed to honor a peace plan brokered by the United Nations in talks in Oman and to quit Yemeni cities if a Saudi-led Arab alliance stopped air strikes on the country.
Leaked letter adds intrigue, confusion to Vatican bishops meeting
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A gathering of world Roman Catholic bishops was thrown into confusion on Monday with the leak of a letter from conservative cardinals to Pope Francis bitterly complaining that the meeting was stacked against them.
