Top U.S. general to visit Israel as defence aid talks expected to resume
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The top U.S. military officer will visit Israel next week, Israel’s military said on Tuesday, as the two nations prepare to resume talks on defence aid that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had suspended in protest at the Iran nu…
Scioli battles ‘puppet’ barbs in Argentina election race
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Daniel Scioli is the clear front-runner in Argentina’s election because he has the support of outgoing President Cristina Fernandez. To win it, though, he now needs to convince swing voters he will not be her puppet.
Hostages appeal in video for halt to Philippines military operations
MANILA (Reuters) – Two Canadians, a Norwegian and a Filipino woman have appealed by video to the Philippines to stop military operations, and to Canada to negotiate for their freedom with Islamist militants who abducted them.
Greece says no plan for sea patrols with Turkey over migrant crisis
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece said on Tuesday it had no plan to carry out joint sea patrols with neighboring Turkey to stem an influx of migrants and refugees into Europe.
Investigators focus on home-grown Islamic State cell in Turkey bomb probe
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish investigators believe an Islamic State cell from the southeastern town of Adiyaman, thought to have been behind previous attacks in the country, may have carried out a double suicide bombing that killed 97 people in …
Flight MH17 shot down by Russian-built Buk missile, Dutch report says
GILZE-RIJEN, Netherlands (Reuters) – Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on Tuesday in its final report on the crash in July 2014 that killed all 298 people on b…
White House says ‘not much clarity’ about Iran’s trial of reporter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Tuesday that there was “not much clarity” about the current trial of Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter jailed in an espionage case in Tehran.
Islamic State confirms senior member killed in August strike: SITE
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The hardline Islamic State group confirmed on Tuesday that one of its senior members had been killed in an airstrike in Iraq earlier this year, the SITE monitoring service said.
Taliban pull back from Kunduz as fighting flares on southern highway
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban said they were pulling back in the northern city of Kunduz on Tuesday in order to protect civilians, but fighting continued elsewhere in the country with government troops battling to reopen the main highway south of the c…
Iraq using info from new intelligence center to bomb Islamic State: official
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq has begun bombing Islamic State insurgents with help from a new intelligence center with staff from Russia, Iran and Syria, a senior parliamentary figure said on Tuesday about cooperation seen as a threat to U.S. interests in t…
