Syrian army bombards Douma as air raid toll rises: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian military bombarded an area northeast of Damascus on Monday, keeping up its attack on a rebel-held district where around 100 people were killed on Sunday in an air strike on a market, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
Pentagon eyes sharp increase in drone flights by 2019: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon is planning a sharp increase in daily drone flights over conflict zones around the globe in the next four years as it tries to meet the reconnaissance and air strike needs of combatant commanders, a spokesman said on…
Turkey’s nationalists reject coalition, set stage for more turmoil
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s nationalist opposition rejected a coalition with the ruling AK Party and refused to support a minority government on Monday, further complicating Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s efforts to break a debilitating political dea…
U.S., allies conduct 18 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A coalition led by the United States conducted 13 air strikes against the Islamic State in Iraq on Sunday, and it also targeted the militant group in Syria with five air attacks, according to a statement released on Monday.
Use Iran deal to prevent nuclear weapons free-for-all, treaty body says
VIENNA (Reuters) – The head of the body trying to secure ratification of a global ban on nuclear testing urged world leaders on Monday to use the momentum of an atomic deal with Iran to prevent a slide toward a nuclear weapons free-for-all.
Civilians, soldiers die in east Ukraine fighting as Putin visits Crimea
KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting flared between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels in separate parts of eastern Ukraine overnight, killing at least two Ukrainian soldiers and several civilians, Kiev’s military and separatist sources said on Monday.
Reunion police and army halt MH370 debris search
SAINT-DENIS, Reunion (Reuters) – The police and army on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion have called off their search for more debris from the wreckage of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which vanished last year, police said on Monday.
Cuba on edge as drought worsens
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba put its civil defense system on alert on Monday due to a year-long drought that is forecast to worsen in the coming months and has already damaged agriculture and left more than a million people relying on trucked-in water.
Despite protests, slog more likely than radical change in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Despite protests by hundreds of thousands of Brazilians against President Dilma Rousseff and ongoing calls for her impeachment, little suggests radical change in Brazil anytime soon.
U.S. agency reports magnitude 5.9 tremor off Yemen coast
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Geological Survey on Monday reported a magnitude 5.9 earthquake off the coast of Yemen. The tremor took place about 128 miles northwest of Socotra Island, Yemen, according to USGS.
