Islamic State, security forces clash in Iraq’s largest refinery
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State militants clashed with security forces inside Iraq’s largest refinery on Thursday and held on to recent gains in the west of the country, as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the extremist group remained “very, very …
Labour’s Ed Miliband wins final TV debate of UK election campaign: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband won the final TV debate of Britain’s election campaign on Thursday, a snap poll showed, but Prime Minister David Cameron declined to take part and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg was not …
Tunisia finds weapons, arrests jihadist with explosive belt
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian troops have captured a large arms cache including Kalashnikov rifles, grenades and explosives, a security source said on Thursday, as the government struggles to keep track of jihadists after a bloody attack last month.
Iraq signals unease with Iran general’s battlefield prominence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iraq’s prime minister said on Thursday that he welcomed Iranian assistance in Iraq’s battle against Islamic State but suggested unease with the prominence of a top Iranian general, who has been widely seen in photos from Iraq’s b…
Sony Pictures condemns Wikileaks release of documents from hackers
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sony Corp’s Sony Pictures Entertainment objected to the online release by WikiLeaks on Thursday of a searchable database of more than 30,000 documents that were obtained by hackers in a massive cyber attack last year.
Bomb attacks kill soldier, wound five in Egypt’s Sinai
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – An Egyptian soldier was killed and five wounded on Thursday when roadside bombs hit two military armored vehicles in the Northern Sinai region, medical and security sources said.
Ministers urge EU to go ahead with labeling Jewish settlement goods
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Sixteen European Union foreign ministers have urged EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini to press ahead with EU-wide rules requiring goods made in Jewish settlements to be labeled as such, diplomats said on Thursday.
U.S. woman shot and wounded in Pakistan by men claiming to be militants
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Men claiming to be Islamic militants shot and wounded an American woman in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Thursday, leaving leaflets in her car naming her and saying they had targeted her because she was American, polic…
EU’s Schulz told Turkey he understood reaction to genocide vote: sources
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – European Parliament President Martin Schulz told Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday he “understands” Ankara’s reaction to a vote calling the 1915 mass killing of Armenians a genocide, sources in the prime minister’s…
West Africa seeks $5-6 billion aid, debts canceled: Sierra Leone’s Koroma
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Ebola-stricken nations of West Africa are asking international donors to cancel their debts and give them $5-6 billion over two years to rebuild their economies, devastated by the deadly disease, Sierra Leo…
