Air strike on Islamic State-run refinery in Syria kills 30-monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.S.-led coalition air strike in Syria hit an oil refinery run by the Islamic State militant group near the border with Turkey on Sunday, killing 30 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Netanyahu denies report he’s backed off two-state solution
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied reports on Sunday he has backed away from a 2009 commitment to seek a two-state peaceful solution with the Palestinians.
Lawyer says no proof ‘Jihadi John’ is his client’s son
KUWAIT (Reuters) – A lawyer representing the father of a man identified as the masked killer in Islamic State beheading videos said on Sunday Western officials had presented no proof his client’s son was the so-called “Jihadi John”.
One dead, 11 wounded in series of attacks in Egypt
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) – A series of bombings killed one person and injured nine in Egypt’s second city of Alexandria on Sunday and an attack by unidentified gunmen in another province wounded two others, security and medical sources said.
Chad, Niger launch joint offensive against Boko Haram in Nigeria
N’DJAMENA/NIAMEY (Reuters) – Chad and Niger launched a joint army operation against Boko Haram militants in Nigeria on Sunday, military sources said, stepping up a regional push to end the Sunni Muslim group’s six-year insurgency.
UK plans airline laws to stop Britons from joining Islamic State
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will introduce new laws on Tuesday to try to stop airlines carrying passengers who may be traveling to join Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, a junior minister said on Sunday.
Struggling Berlusconi confirms break with Renzi over reforms
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s four-time ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi confirmed on Sunday his party would not support the government’s proposed constitutional reforms as he sought to hold his party together and reclaim his leadership of the center-rig…
Early Greek election, referendum possible if EU rejects debt plan: Varoufakis
ROME (Reuters) – Greece could call a referendum or have early elections should its euro zone partners reject its debt and growth plans, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.
Obama cites progress in U.S.-Iran nuclear talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Iran have narrowed their differences in nuclear weapons negotiations, President Barack Obama said in the face of a renewed Republican warning on Sunday that any deal will face a tough congressional review.
Air strike in Syria hits Nusra Front camp: monitor, sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air strike in northwestern Syria hit a camp used by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front on Sunday, killing at least nine of its fighters, a monitoring group said, in the second big attack on the group there in four days.
