U.N. chief names Bulgarian as new Mideast peace coordinator
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Nickolay Mladenov of Bulgaria to replace Robert Serry as his special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, a U.N. spokesman said on Thursday.
U.S.-led forces target Islamic State with 12 air strikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces have launched nine air strikes in Iraq and three in Syria against Islamic State militants since Wednesday, the American military said on Thursday.
Amid rubble, Rio residents fight Olympics evictions
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Street addresses jump in the Vila Autodromo favela: 39, 42, 48, 51.
Islamic State flags appear, then disappear, in Bosnian village
GORNJA MAOCA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Flags and emblems of Islamic State, pictured on Wednesday on houses in a Bosnian village, disappeared on Thursday under threat of action by police wary of the dangers posed by radical Islamists returning from Syria and …
U.S. defense chief voices fear of north-south NATO divide
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel expressed concern on Thursday about a possible north-south divide in NATO and urged the alliance to tackle multiple security issues at once rather than focusing on only one.
U.N. wants 1,030 more peacekeepers for Central African Republic
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked the U.N. Security Council for 1,030 more peacekeepers for Central African Republic after the mission was left overstretched when infrastructure and senior officials neede…
Rocket attacks on Damascus kill 10 after Islam Army warning
DAMASCUS/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rocket attacks killed 10 people in Damascus on Thursday and wounded at least 50, a monitoring group said, in the second heavy bombardment by Islam Army insurgents in less than two weeks.
France sends advisers to Nigeria border to coordinate Boko Haram fight
PARIS (Reuters) – France has sent military advisers to Niger’s southern border with Nigeria to help coordinate military action by regional powers fighting the Islamist group Boko Haram, a French army official said on Thursday.
Sri Lanka bans alleged Gandhi killer from traveling abroad
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A Sri Lankan court on Thursday barred former Tamil Tiger rebel leader Kumaran Pathmanathan, wanted by India in connection with the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, from traveling abroad, a lawyer said.
Gaza militants condemn Egypt’s branding of Hamas as terror group
GAZA (Reuters) – In a statement read by a masked gunman, 10 armed Palestinian factions jointly condemned on Thursday an Egyptian decision to list the military wing of the Islamist group Hamas as a terrorist organization.
