Former Kuwaiti minister detained over critical column: website
DUBAI (Reuters) – Kuwait has detained a former information minister for publishing a column alleging misuse of state funds in an online newspaper he supervises, its website reported on Sunday.
U.S., allies carry out 19 air strikes in Syria and Iraq
(Reuters) – American-led forces launched 19 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
Exclusive: Haiti PM-designate vows to build trust to resolve political crisis
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The man poised to become Haiti’s next prime minister has vowed to build trust between opposition groups and the government to resolve a political crisis over long-delayed elections.
Russian businessmen bears no grudge over arrest, asset grab: paper
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov said he bore no grudge against the state for putting him under house arrest and seizing his stake in an oil company, moving to ease ties after the asset grab scared investors.
Egyptian police officer kidnapped in Sinai: security sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped an Egyptian police officer on Sunday in the Sinai Peninsula, home to Islamist militants seeking to topple the country’s government, security sources and the state news agency said.
Pakistani soldier beheaded by Afghan, Pakistani IS supporters: video
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – A group of Pakistani and Afghan militants have beheaded a Pakistani soldier after pledging allegiance to Islamic State, according to a new video released online, copying execution tactics used by the Middle East j…
PLO faces U.S. civil trial over terror attacks in Israel
NEW YORK (Reuters) – More than a decade after a series of shootings and bombings in the Jerusalem area, a trial is slated this week in New York to determine whether the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority should pay up to $1 bil…
Spain’s Podemos surges ahead in voter poll: El Pais
MADRID (Reuters) – A poll published on Sunday showed that leftist upstart Podemos was again in the lead to win Spain’s next general election, which could result in the formation of party pacts, or even the country’s first coalition government.
Islamic State kills 24 Kurds in surprise attack in North Iraq
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have killed at least 24 members of the Kurdish security forces in a surprise attack in northern Iraq, Kurdish officials said, in one of the deadliest single battles for the Kurds since last summer.
Blast hits troop convoy in Somalia’s Kismayu
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A remote-controlled bomb hit a vehicle in a troop convoy in the southern Somali port city of Kismayu, killing at least three soldiers, police and residents said on Sunday.
