Gunmen kill 10 in attack on village in Mali: army spokesman
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Gunmen killed 10 civilians in an attack on the village of Gaberi in northern Mali, army spokesman said on Sunday, a day after a deadly siege by suspected Islamist gunmen at a hotel northeast of the capital.
Singapore turns 50, and celebrates with fanfare
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Fireworks lit up Singapore’s sky as crowds celebrated the city state’s 50th anniversary on Sunday, an occasion of national pride the ruling party is expected to exploit by calling an election next month.
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill four in road ambush in Nigeria’s Borno state
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed four people on Sunday in a road ambush in Nigeria’s restive northeastern state of Borno, a military source and a civilian joint task force said.
UK accuses Spain of violating its sovereignty over Gibraltar
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government on Sunday accused Spain of violating its sovereignty over Gibraltar, saying Spanish state vessels had repeatedly and unlawfully entered its territorial waters without notifying it.
U.S. sends six jets, 300 personnel to Turkey base in Islamic State fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sent six F-16 jets and about 300 personnel to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey on Sunday, the U.S. military said, after Ankara agreed last month to allow American planes to launch air strikes against Islamic State mi…
Israeli soldiers shoot dead Palestinian who stabbed Israeli in West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli man at a petrol station in the occupied West Bank on Sunday along a main highway near Jerusalem, police said.
Son of former Iran president Rafsanjani submits to jail term
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The son of former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani presented himself at Tehran’s Evin prison on Sunday to begin serving a ten year sentence on charges linked to embezzlement, bribery and what state television called “an…
Insurgents recapture villages on Syrian plain vital to Assad
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Insurgents have regained control of several villages in northwest Syria from government forces and have advanced beyond them, edging closer to a coastal stronghold of President Bashar al-Assad, a monitoring group and other sources sa…
Russia’s Lavrov says U.S. must work with Assad to fight Islamic State
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States should cooperate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to fight Islamic State and that this required an international coalition uniting all those for whom the jihadists ar…
Greece hopes to conclude bailout talks by Aug. 11
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece hopes to conclude negotiations with international creditors by early Tuesday at the latest, a Greek official said as talks continued in Athens on a new multi-billion euro bailout.
