Lebanese Hezbollah and Syrian army enter rebel-held border city
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian army and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters said on Sunday they had entered the rebel-held city of Zabadani on the second day of a major offensive to capture the border area around the Beirut-Damascus highway.
Islamic State suicide bombers strike in Iraqi refinery town
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State suicide bombers and fighters attacked the center of Iraq’s northern oil refinery town of Baiji overnight, forcing the army and Shi’ite fighters to pull back, military sources and the local mayor said on Sunday.
Afghan leader refuses to be drawn into lynching sentences row
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani declined to intervene on Sunday in the case of four men convicted over the mob killing of a young woman, despite public anger over the fact their initial death sentences have been replaced by prison terms…
Suicide bomber kills six at church in Nigeria
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed six people at a church in northeast Nigeria on Sunday at the end of a week in which suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed more than 200 people.
Burundi rejects U.N. mediator after critical report about elections
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi on Sunday rejected a second U.N. diplomat named to help resolve the country’s political crisis, saying a critical report about last week’s parliamentary elections demonstrated bias.
Malaysia’s opposition demands emergency debate on PM after graft allegations
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Two of Malaysia’s main opposition parties on Sunday demanded an emergency sitting of parliament to discuss Prime Minister Najib Razak’s future as tensions mounted over a report that linked him to probes into alleged corruption …
China says tourists attacked in Turkey during anti-China protests
BEIJING/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – China has warned its citizens traveling in Turkey to be careful of anti-Beijing protests, saying some Chinese tourists have recently been “attacked and disturbed”.
Islamic State attacks power plant in Hasaka, in northeast Syria: army
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State suicide bombers on Sunday blew up an explosive- laden truck near a power plant that serves the northeastern city of Hasaka, the latest attack after their expulsion from most parts of the city, the Syrian army said.
Landmine kills five Ukrainian soldiers in separatist east
KIEV (Reuters) – Five Ukrainian servicemen were killed and three wounded by a landmine in the separatist Luhansk region, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday.
Saudi-led strikes kill 30 in northern Yemen, Houthis say
SANAA (Reuters) – Air strikes by Saudi-led forces killed 30 civilians in an attack on a market in northern Yemen on Sunday, the Houthi-run news agency Saba said, as U.N. mediators pushed for a humanitarian pause in fighting that has killed nearly 3,000…
