Kurdish forces seize most of Islamic State-controlled border town: monitor
AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, aided by U.S.-led air strikes, have seized most of the town of Tel Abyad from Islamic State militants and pushed them back towards their de facto capital in Raqqa, a monitoring group said on Monday.
In Myanmar’s election year, radical Buddhism heightens tension
MEIKTILA, Myanmar (Reuters) – When religious violence erupted in Meiktila in central Myanmar two years ago, local politician Win Htein spoke up for the minority Muslims who bore its deadly brunt. Many of his fellow Buddhists have never forgiven him.
Questions linger on whether U.S. strike killed veteran Algerian jihadist
ALGIERS (Reuters) – He lost an eye in Afghanistan, was earlier reported dead in fighting in Mali and now Libya says he was killed in a U.S. air strike at the weekend. But is the Algerian jihadist dubbed “The Uncatchable” for his decades-long elusivenes…
Suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers kill 27 in Chad capital
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist suicide bombers killed at least 27 people in the Chadian capital N’Djamena on Monday in what appeared to be retaliation by Nigerian militant group Boko Haram for Chad’s leading role in a regional offensive again…
Syrian Kurds on outskirts of Islamic State border town: Reuters witness
BEIRUT/AKCAKALE, Turkey (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish fighters took up positions on the outskirts of the Islamic State stronghold of Tel Abyad on Monday and a Kurdish militia spokesman said they had surrounded the northern Syrian border town.
Russia says will retaliate if U.S. weapons stationed on its borders
MOSCOW/WARSAW (Reuters) – A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia’s border would be the most aggressive U.S. act since the Cold War, and Moscow would retaliate by beefing up its own forces, a Russian defense off…
Four Tunisian police, militant killed in clashes
TUNIS (Reuters) – Four Tunisian police officers and one armed Islamist were killed in clashes in the northwest and center of the country, including one where gunmen tried to take civilians hostage before being shot, authorities said on Monday.
Vatican orders former archbishop to stand trial for sex abuse
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Jozef Wesolowski, a former archbishop and papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic, will stand trial on criminal charges of paying for sex with minors and possessing child pornography, the Vatican said on Monday.
New Nigerian leaders to meet anti-corruption watchdog head
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s new leaders will meet the head of a leading global watchdog on corruption to see how billions of dollars in oil revenue leakage can be curbed.
Two soldiers killed as Ukraine warns of escalating violence in east
KIEV (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and twenty wounded in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military said on Monday, describing near-constant shelling by pro-Russian rebels in certain parts of separatist eastern territories.
