New Taliban leader moves fast to heal rifts in Afghan insurgency
PESHAWAR, Pakistan/KABUL (Reuters) – If the first public comments from the Afghan Taliban’s newly appointed leader are anything to go by, Akhtar Mohammad Mansour recognizes how fractured the militant movement has become and that humility and consensus …
New Taliban leader facing tension as top official quits
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A top Taliban official announced his resignation on Tuesday amid a growing leadership struggle in the Afghan insurgent movement after news of the death of leader Mullah Mohammad Omar last week.
U.S. asks Venezuela to scrap ban on opposition political candidates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday called on Venezuela to reverse a ban on opposition members from holding office and participating in the Dec. 6 parliamentary elections.
Helicopter accident kills 16 police officers in Colombia
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Sixteen policemen died on Tuesday when a helicopter likely crashed into the side of mountain in a wooded region of northwestern Colombia, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas said.
First Israeli jailed without trial in sweep over West Bank arson
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel jailed a suspected Jewish militant without trial on Tuesday, the first application of the controversial measure against a citizen in a government-ordered crackdown following the lethal torching of a Palestinian home.
Turkish jets hit PKK targets, soldiers killed in southeast
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish rebel targets in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, Dogan news agency reported, and three soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in a neighboring province, the military said.
Iraqis complain of poor government services as heat rises
AMARA, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqis complaining about corruption and poor services, epitomized by power cuts during a heatwave, took to the streets on Tuesday, underlining the pressures on a government struggling to fend off radical insurgents.
Suspected Boko Haram militants kill eight, kidnap 100 in Cameroon
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed and about 100 others were kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in an overnight raid on a village near Cameroon’s northern border, a local government and a military source said.
Germany sacks top prosecutor in row over treason inquiry
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s government sacked the top public prosecutor on Tuesday after he accused the justice ministry of interfering in a widely criticized treason investigation against a news website.
The ‘Jungle’ migrants of Calais: a day in the life
CALAIS, France (Reuters) – For most of the 3,000 inhabitants of the “Jungle”, a shanty town on the sand dunes of France’s north coast, the climax of each day is the nightly bid to sneak into the undersea tunnel they hope will lead to new life in Britai…
