Islamic State attacks Iraqi provincial capital
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State militants attacked the capital of Iraq’s vast Anbar province on multiple fronts on Friday, seizing two areas on the city outskirts in a setback for a government campaign to retake the desert terrain.
Pakistan court frees on bail accused mastermind of Mumbai attack: lawyer
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A Pakistani court freed on bail on Friday a man accused of plotting a 2008 assault on India’s financial capital Mumbai that killed 166 people, his lawyer said.
U.S. targets Iran’s record on women’s rights at United Nations
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States targeted Iran’s record on women’s rights on Friday by calling a rare vote on the country’s “wholly inappropriate” bid to join the executive board of the United Nations gender equality body.
Six wounded after explosion at shopping mall on Koh Samui
BANGKOK (Reuters) – An explosion in an underground car park at a shopping mall on the popular tourist island of Koh Samui in southern Thailand wounded six people and damaged about 10 cars late on Friday, a police spokesman said.
Hearing date set for Canada Valentine’s Day massacre plot suspects
HALIFAX (Reuters) – The hearing for a Canadian man and American woman accused of plotting a shopping mall massacre in the Atlantic Canadian city of Halifax will begin in June, a judge ruled on Friday.
Nigerians to vote for powerful governors in state elections
LAGOS, (Reuters) – The final stage of Nigeria’s election will begin on Saturday with state governorship polls, two weeks after a presidential vote saw an incumbent leader unseated at the ballot box for the first time.
Pakistan declines Saudi call for armed support in Yemen fight
ADEN (Reuters) – Pakistan’s parliament voted on Friday not to join the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, dashing Riyadh’s hopes for powerful support from outside of the region in its fight to halt Iranian-allied Houthi rebels.
Islamists arrested in Spain eyed attacks on synagogues, authorities: court
MADRID (Reuters) – Members of a suspected militant Islamist cell arrested this week in Spain were trying to obtain explosives to bomb a Jewish bookshop in Barcelona, an investigating magistrate said on Friday.
Arson in German town shows anti-immigrant mood running high
TROEGLITZ, Germany (Reuters) – The sleepy town of Troeglitz in eastern Germnay had planned to welcome foreign refugees and asylum-seekers to a newly-renovated shelter.
Arson in German town shows anti-immigrant mood running high
TROEGLITZ, Germany (Reuters) – The sleepy town of Troeglitz in eastern Germnay had planned to welcome foreign refugees and asylum-seekers to a newly-renovated shelter.
