U.S. reports 36 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies carried out 36 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria on Monday, a U.S. military statement said.
Russian court jails two Ukrainians for ‘terrorism’ in Crimea
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) – A Russian court sentenced Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov on Tuesday to 20 years in a high-security penal colony for “terrorist attacks” in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula annexed by Moscow from Ukraine in April 2…
‘The wave has reached us:’ EU gropes for answers to migrant surge
ROSZKE, Hungary (Reuters) – A surge in migrants, many of them refugees from Syria, hit Hungary’s southern border on Tuesday, passing through gaps in an unfinished barrier to a Europe groping for answers to its worst refugee crisis since World War Two.
Gunman kills four in French travellers’ camp
PARIS (Reuters) – A drunken gunman shot dead three members of the same family in a travellers’ camp in northeastern France on Tuesday before killing a gendarme who arrived on the scene, police said.
Iraq’s Abadi says Baiji battle ‘crucial’ to ousting Islamic State
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the battle over the northern town of Baiji and its refinery – Iraq’s largest – was critical to the fight against Islamic State.
Turkey to join coalition’s air fight against Islamic State soon: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Turkey have finalized technical details on an agreement to include Turkey in an international effort to bring down the Islamic State, fully integrating Turkey into the U.S.-led coalition’s air strikes agains…
Italy’s Renzi promises to pursue reform drive despite obstacles
RIMINI, Italy (Reuters) – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi vowed on Tuesday to forge ahead with his reform program despite growing opposition within parliament, saying Italy had to break free of 20 years of inertia and bickering.
Russia’s biggest air show hurt by economic crisis, sanctions
ZHUKOVSKY, Russia (Reuters) – Russian civil aviation companies face a disappointing week at the country’s largest air show that opened on Tuesday as economic crisis and Western sanctions take a heavy toll on order books and scare away many foreign firm…
Greece’s Syriza projects election confidence despite split
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s radical left Syriza party can win re-election with an outright majority, a senior member said on Tuesday, and govern without relying on other parties that backed its hard-fought bailout deal with international creditors.
South Sudan soldiers raped children, burned people alive: U.N. experts
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – South Sudanese soldiers raped children, burned people alive in their homes and hunted others for days in swamps in an increasingly brutal war the government had hoped to win with an emergency $850 million military budget, U.N…
