Iraq’s Anbar governor announces sweeping reforms under Abadi plan
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The governor of Iraq’s Anbar province said on Thursday he was implementing a broad package of reforms as part of a campaign led by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to combat corruption and end sectarian and party quotas for government…
Argentine welfare programs create bedrock of support for president
LA MATANZA, Argentina (Reuters) – Catalina Benitez, a single mother of four, used to cry whenever heavy rain flooded her squalid, one-room shanty house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, rotting her furniture and overflowing the latrine.
Al Qaeda leader Zawahiri pledges allegiance to new Taliban chief: websites
DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, in an online audio message, pledged allegiance to the new head of the Afghan Taliban in a move that could bolster his accession after the death of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar.
Islamic State, rival Islamists clash in Libya, 17 killed: residents
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – At least 17 people were killed in heavy clashes between Islamic State fighters and a rival Islamist group in the Islamic State-held city of Sirte in central Libya on Thursday, residents said.
Second term beckons for Myanmar president after rival ousted
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The ouster of a powerful political rival less than three months before a landmark election in Myanmar was dramatic confirmation of President Thein Sein’s desire for a second term in office, analysts said.
Decades of skullduggery on both sides at U.S. embassy in Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – The seven-story building on Havana’s famed “Malecon” seafront has for decades been a flashpoint in the Cold War’s most enduring rivalry.
Guinea Bissau’s president sacks government amid row with PM
BISSAU (Reuters) – Guinea Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz has dismissed the government of the fragile West African nation because of a deepening power struggle with the prime minister.
Political blocking leaves Modi’s India reform schedule in tatters
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reform agenda suffered another major setback on Thursday when lawmakers ended the summer parliament session acrimoniously and without approving a tax reform bill aimed at faster economic growt…
Rockets kill two people in Syria’s Latakia: state media
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least two people were killed when rockets hit Latakia on Thursday, state media said, in a rare attack on the Syrian coastal city that is a bastion of President Bashar al-Assad.
Islamic State claims huge truck bomb attack in Baghdad’s Sadr City
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 76 people were killed and 212 wounded on Thursday in a blast claimed by Islamic State in Baghdad’s Sadr City, police and medical sources said, one of the biggest attacks on the capital since Haider al-Abadi became prime min…
