Iraq sentences 24 to death over mass killing of soldiers
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi court sentenced 24 people to death on Wednesday over the killings of hundreds of mainly Shi’ite soldiers captured by Islamic State militants during their offensive through northern Iraq last year.
Taliban, Afghan officials hold peace talks, agree to meet again
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The first official peace talks between the Afghan Taliban and the government in Kabul concluded with an agreement to meet again after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, officials said on Wednesday.
U.S., allies conduct 31 air strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON – The United States and its allies conducted 31 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Monday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement released early Wednesday.
Srebrenica remains an open wound, 20 years later
GLOGOVA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Some bodies lay in plain sight on the floor of the forest when Dr Vedo Tuco, a forensic pathologist, entered Srebrenica at the end of the Bosnian war. Others he’s still digging for – 20 years later.
Both China and Taiwan have South China Sea obligations, says Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) – Both China and Taiwan have an obligation to assert claims to the South China Sea, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, in a sign of rare political agreement between the old foes on either side of the Taiwan Strait.
A year after Gaza war, no rebuilding and an uneasy future for all
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza (Reuters) – Ali Wahdan, a maths teacher from Gaza, lost his wife, 11 members of his family and a leg to Israeli bombardment of the town of Beit Hanoun, in the north of the Gaza Strip, during last year’s war between Israel and Hamas.
South Sudan rebel warns president of more fighting if he stays on
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s rebel leader warned on Wednesday of renewed fighting, saying President Salva Kiir’s new three-year mandate was illegal and the people had the right to “rise up and overthrow his regime” if he stayed on.
Suspected U.S. drone kills Islamic State figure in Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A drone strike as part of a U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State militants killed a senior figure from the hardline group in its Syrian stronghold Raqqa city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Wednes…
Clouds gathering, many in Brazil contemplate a Rousseff exit
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The predecessor and mentor to Brazil’s president says she is running on empty.
Malaysian law firm representing prime minister might sue WSJ
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian police raided the office of troubled state investment fund 1MDB on Wednesday, following a report that claimed investigators looking into the firm found nearly $700 million had been transferred to Prime Minister Najib …
