Militants kill 10 members of Iraqi security forces
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Militants killed 10 members of Iraq’s security forces in towns in western Anbar Province on Tuesday, police sources said, in attacks highlighting the challenges the U.S.-backed government faces as it tries to slow Islamic State’s ad…
Hong Kong on high alert as new democracy showdown looms
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s leader warned on Tuesday that violence will not be tolerated as six people were charged with conspiracy to cause an explosion ahead of a crucial vote on a China-backed electoral reform package this week.
With Mursi death sentence, Muslim Brotherhood dream of an Islamist Egypt fades
CAIRO (Reuters) – After becoming Egypt’s first freely elected president in 2012, Islamist Mohamed Mursi hoped his Muslim Brotherhood movement could emerge from decades of battle with the Egyptian state and transform the country.
Thai PM denies counter-coup rumors
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha denied rumors of a counter-coup by senior military officers on Tuesday and said foreigners were still confident in Thailand more than a year after he took power.
Turkish Prime Minister: No debate on presidency in coalition talks
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s prime minister said on Tuesday he would not tolerate any attempt to undermine President Tayyip Erdogan’s authority during the AK Party’s talks to form a coalition government.
China arrests former senior energy executive after graft probe
BEIJING (Reuters) – A former senior executive at the state-run China Southern Power Grid has been arrested for suspected bribery, the state prosecutor said on Tuesday, the latest official to fall victim to the government’s battle against graft.
Taliban urge Islamic State to stop ‘interference’ in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban have sent a letter to Islamic State’s leader urging the rival jihadist group to stop recruiting in Afghanistan, saying there is room for only “one flag, one leadership” in their fight to re-establish strict Islamist…
Afghan, Taliban delegates attend Oslo talks on ending conflicts
LOSBY, Norway (Reuters) – Representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban attended an international conference on Tuesday in Norway on ways to end conflicts, but Oslo said there were no plans for formal peace talks between the two sides.
Anger over Arab wars fuels jihadi threat in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH (Reuters) – Sophisticated attacks by an Islamic State branch in Saudi Arabia show the jihadist group is better established there than previously suspected, and that fueled by anger over Arab civil wars, Riyadh’s militancy problem is not going aw…
Bahrain sentences opposition leader to four years in jail
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain sentenced opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman to four years in jail on Tuesday on charges of inciting unrest, a decision that an opposition group said could stoke more protests in the Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom.
