Yemeni al Qaeda leader killed in suspected drone strike: CNN
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Yemeni leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Nasser al-Wuhayshi, who was once an associate of Osama bin Laden, was killed in a suspected U.S. drone strike, CNN reported on Monday, citing two Yemeni national security …
As Bashir leaves, South African court calls for his arrest
PRETORIA/KHARTOUM, (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir flew out of South Africa on Monday in defiance of a Pretoria court that later said he should have been arrested to face genocide charges at the International Criminal Court.
U.N. chief opens Yemen talks, Saudi-led planes bomb capital
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched Yemen peace talks in Geneva on Monday with a call for a humanitarian truce after warplanes from a Saudi-led Arab coalition pounded the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa overnight.
Pakistan doctors live in fear after spike in deadly attacks
KARACHI (Reuters) – Dr. Raza was waiting for his next patient when two young men walked into the consultation room, took pistols from a bag and shot him six times. Left for dead, the Pakistani physician was badly wounded but somehow survived.
Amnesty says world neglects Syrian refugees’ plight, urges more open borders
(Reuters) – Amnesty International criticized on Monday what it said was a “dismal” global response to the plight of Syrian refugees and urged neighboring countries struggling to cope with the influx of refugees to lift “deeply troubling” measures desig…
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.
