Teenager blows herself up near mosque in Nigeria’s second city
KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – A teenager blew herself up near a mosque on Monday night in an apparent suicide attack attempt in Kano, Nigeria’s second-largest city, police said.
Britain remembers 7/7 victims 10 years after London bombings
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will fall silent on Tuesday to commemorate the 10th anniversary of attacks targeting London public transport which killed 56 people, the first suicide bombings by Islamist militants in western Europe.
Obama says U.S. to increase support for Syria opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama pledged to increase U.S. support for the moderate opposition in Syria’s civil war on Monday and said the United States needed to do more at home to prevent attacks and combat Islamic State efforts to recrui…
Syria’s al-Qaeda offshoot Nusra stages suicide bombing in Aleppo: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide bomber from Syria’s al Qaeda offshoot the Nusra Front blew himself up in a Syrian army outpost in a contested neighborhood in the divided northern city of Aleppo and killed at least 25 soldiers and allied militia and injure…
There’s a heavy toll to pay for Zimbabwe’s decrepit roads
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The state of Zimbabwe’s roads is the stuff of legend. From whole trucks submerged in water-filled craters right in the central business district to gruesome road accidents, motorists must navigate hazards like these every day.
Manila finds marker with Chinese writing, buoys in disputed waters: sources
PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Reuters) – The Philippine navy recently found a large steel marker bearing Chinese inscriptions and hundreds of yellow buoys in waters near the Reed Bank, an area of the South China Sea where Manila has long explored for o…
In Ecuador, Pope Francis appeals for more inclusive Church
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (Reuters) – Pope Francis used his first Mass in Ecuador on Monday to ask for support in his efforts to reach out to Catholics who feel shunned by the Church when the world’s bishops gather at the Vatican in October.
Governments need to do more to regain citizens’ trust, OECD says
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Advanced countries need to do more to address breaches of integrity by public officials and help win back citizens’ trust in national governments, a survey by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Devel…
Islamic State takes ground from Syrian Kurds after air strikes
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters stormed a Syrian town held by Kurdish-led forces near Raqqa city on Monday, part of a wider offensive by the militants two days after their de facto capital was hit by some of the heaviest U.S.-led air strikes …
Air attack possible lead in 1961 U.N. chief plane crash: inquiry
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A United Nations inquiry into a 1961 plane crash that killed then Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold found that new information pointing to an aerial attack or threat bringing down the aircraft warrants further investigation….
