Mali hostages, held since late 2011, plead for release in video
DAKAR (Reuters) – Two hostages kidnapped by al Qaeda militants in north Mali more than three years ago asked their governments to help secure their release in a rare video of them seen by Reuters on Monday.
U.S. and China open annual dialogue with ‘candid, to-the-point’ talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China held “candid and to-the-point” talks at the start of three days of cabinet-level meetings aimed at managing the highly complex relationship between the world’s two biggest economies, a senior U.S. offi…
U.N. police accused of Mali deaths to face home country court: source
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Several U.N. police peacekeepers who used “unauthorized and excessive force” that killed three people during a protest in Mali have been arrested and will face justice in their home country, a diplomatic source at the United …
U.S. air strike in Iraq kills Islamic State fighter linked to Benghazi attack: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. air strike on Mosul, Iraq, killed an Islamic State fighter linked to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, the Pentagon said on Monday.
In ‘jihad’ for nationalism, Islamic group plans an Indonesian car
PALEMBANG, Indonesia (Reuters) – Fed up with capitalists plundering Indonesia’s riches, members of the country’s second-largest Islamic group have drawn up plans to launch a “people’s power” movement.
British police arrest Rwandan spy chief
LONDON (Reuters) – British police arrested Rwandan intelligence chief Karenzi Karake at the request of Spain, where he is wanted in connection with war crimes.
Golan Druze attack Israeli army ambulance, Syrian casualty dies
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Druze villagers on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights attacked an Israeli military ambulance on Monday and one of two Syrian casualties it was carrying from the civil war next door died, police said.
Syrian Kurds, on offensive, seize military base from Islamic State
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Kurdish-led forces said on Monday that they had captured a military base from Islamic State in Syria’s Raqqa province, advancing deeper into territory held by the group and showing new momentum after they seized a border crossing fro…
Israel, Palestinians may have committed war crimes in Gaza: U.N. report
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. investigators said on Monday that Israel and Palestinian militant groups committed grave abuses of international humanitarian law during the 2014 Gaza conflict that may amount to war crimes.
Taliban attacks Afghan parliament
KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday as lawmakers met to consider a new defense minister, and another district in the volatile north fell to the militants as they intensified a summer offens…
