Bahrain opposition figure jailed on incitement charges, BNA reports
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Bahraini criminal court sentenced senior opposition figure Majeed Milad to two years in prison for incitement to public disobedience of the law, state-run Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported.
With Ramadi encircled, Iraqi forces brace for urban warfare
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi forces appear better positioned than ever to launch an offensive against Islamic State militants controlling Ramadi, now that months-long efforts to cut off supply lines to the city are having an effect, but plenty of risks re…
Ten killed in fighting with Kurdish militants, barricades in flashpoint town
SILVAN, Turkey (Reuters) – Ten people have been killed in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast since late on Tuesday, security sources said, as the military moved against rebels who dug trenches, erected barriers and planted explosives in one flashpoint t…
U.S. offers $27 million in rewards for information on al Shabaab commanders
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The United States has announced rewards worth a total $27 million for information on six top commanders in the Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab, which has launched attacks across East Africa.
U.N. agrees on radio spectrum for global flight tracking
GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. conference agreed on Wednesday to dedicate part of the radio spectrum to a global flight tracking system, to avoid a repeat of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in March last year.
Congo’s Kabila should receive immunity, says main opponent Katumbi
LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Joseph Kabila should be granted immunity from prosecution after he leaves office, said Moise Katumbi, the popular former governor widely considered the frontr…
Serbian PM lays flowers for 1995 massacre victims in Srebrenica
SREBRENICA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Serbia’s premier visited the cemetery for Bosnian Muslim victims of a 1995 Serb massacre in Srebrenica on Wednesday, four months after protesters chased him out of town when he tried to attend a ceremony marking the 20th …
Afghan protest at beheadings puts pressure on Ghani government
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appealed for calm after angry protesters from the ethnic Hazara minority tried to force their way into his Kabul palace on Wednesday to demand justice for seven members of their community beheaded by Isla…
Germany seeks clarity on whether spy agency snooped on own diplomat
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s BND foreign intelligence service spied on a German diplomat, possibly violating the constitution, and on allies including French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, a German radio station reported on Wednesday.
No foreign media curbs in Papua, says Indonesia’s security chief
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has no travel restrictions on foreign journalists in its easternmost province of Papua, the country’s security chief said on Wednesday, vowing to dismiss any police officials who blocked such freedom.
