Islamic State militants blow up temple in ancient city of Palmyra
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Islamic State militants on Sunday blew up the temple of Baal Shamin, one of the most important sites in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, said Maamoun Abdul Karim, the country’s antiquities chief.
Train gunman ‘dumbfounded’ by terrorist tag, says was hungry: lawyer
PARIS/ALGECIRAS, Spain (Reuters) – A gunman who attacked passengers on a high-speed train in France two days ago is “dumbfounded” at having been taken for an Islamist militant and says he only intended to rob people on board because he was hungry, his …
Germany vows to fight xenophobia after attacks on refugee home
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s interior minister led calls on Sunday for a crackdown on right-wing militants and racists after a second night of scuffles between protesters and police outside a refugee shelter in an eastern German town near Dresden.
Britain reopens embassy in Iran ransacked in 2011
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran on Sunday, a striking signal of how Western ties with Iran have thawed since protesters stormed the compound nearly four years ago.
Explosion rocks warehouse at U.S. military base in Japan, no injuries reported
TOKYO (Reuters) – An explosion rocked a warehouse at a U.S. military base in Sagamihara, Japan, but there were no reports of injuries, Japanese fire officials said on Monday.
Al Qaeda deploy in Yemen’s Aden, British hostage freed
ADEN (Reuters) – Al Qaeda militants took control of a western district of Yemen’s main port city of Aden on Saturday night, residents said, in another sign that the group is drawing strength from five months of civil war.
Lebanese security forces use water cannon against protesters
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security forces fired water cannon at protesters demonstrating against the government near Prime Minister Tammam Salam’s offices in Beirut on Sunday, live television pictures showed.
U.S.-led coalition stages 26 air strikes on Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its coalition partners targeted Islamic State in 26 air strikes in Saturday’s round of daily attacks on the militant group in Iraq and Syria, the Command Joint Task Force said in a statement on Sunday.
Boko Haram members ambush convoy of Nigeria’s chief of army staff
ABUJA (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants ambushed a convoy carrying Nigeria’s chief of army staff on a tour of towns in troubled Borno state, the army said early on Sunday.
Too soon for ‘illogical’ U.S. to return to Tehran: Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister said on Sunday it was too early to talk of reopening the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, as Britain restored its diplomatic mission four years after protesters ransacked the British ambassador’s residence.
