India’s Tripura state strips army of shoot-to-kill powers
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Lawmakers in India’s northeastern state of Tripura on Thursday revoked a controversial law that had given the military shoot-to-kill powers and shielded soldiers from prosecution for 18 years.
African migrants risk all in Sahara to reach Europe
AGADEZ, Niger (Reuters) – In a sandy compound in the Niger desert town of Agadez, a white-turbaned imam blesses a circle of African migrants, some of them little more than boys, to protect them on the journey across the Sahara toward Europe.
Pentagon mulls improving Iraqi troop training after fall of Ramadi
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Thursday Pentagon officials have begun to examine how the U.S. military could better equip and train Iraqi troops after the recent fall of the Iraqi city of Ramadi to Isla…
U.S. defense aid to Israel to rise over Iran deal fears: sources
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. defense aid to Israel is likely to increase after 2017, sources on both sides said on Thursday, seeing a possible link to Washington’s efforts to assuage its ally’s fears over nuclear diplomacy with Iran.
EU takes Germany to court over airport security controls
BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Commission is taking Germany to the European Court of Justice for failing to adequately monitor security measures at some German airports, the European Union’s executive body said on Thursday.
UK says rejects whistleblower’s warning over nuclear submarines
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has completed an inquiry into a whistleblower’s allegations that its nuclear-armed submarines have major security flaws and is satisfied no safety breaches have occurred, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Thursday.
Yemen border strikes kill two Saudis, Yemen death toll near 2,000: WHO
CAIRO/ADEN (Reuters) – Two Saudi border guards were killed and five wounded by shells fired from Yemeni territories, an Interior Ministry spokesman said late on Wednesday, as the United Nations said the war’s death toll was close to 2,000.
Cyprus police hold suspect after large ammonium nitrate haul
LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) – Cypriot authorities detained a Lebanese national on Thursday after finding in his possession a large quantity of ammonium nitrate fertilizer which, police said could case widespread damage if used in an explosive mixture.
U.S. training of Syria rebel fighters expands to Turkey: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military has started training Syrian opposition fighters in Turkey to combat Islamic State, an expected expansion of a program that first launched in Jordan weeks ago, a U.S. official told Reuters on Thursday.
Malaysia says only one body per grave found at trafficking camps
WANG KELIAN, Malaysia (Reuters) – The 139 graves uncovered near people-smuggling camps in northern Malaysia appear to hold only one body each, Malaysia’s deputy home minister said on Thursday, after earlier suspicions that they could contain multiple c…
