Allied airstrikes continue to target Islamic State near Kobani: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and allied forces staged airstrikes on 14 Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in a 24-hour period, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Tuesday.
Russia, Poland argue over World War Two anniversary
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Poland traded diplomatic barbs on Tuesday over the 70th anniversary of the end of the World War Two in a sign of Moscow’s worsening ties with Warsaw, the European Union’s leading critic of its role in Ukraine.
Canada foreign minister quits, draws praise from Harper
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird announced his immediate resignation on Tuesday, saying it was time for a change, and he paid warm tribute to Prime Minister Stephen Harper despite reports of tension with Harper’s office.
Mexico finance minister says wasn’t required to disclose loan: report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican Finance Minister Luis Videgaray would have declared a conflict of interest on a housing loan from a government contractor if the law required it, and acknowledged he paid less than half the market interest rate on the lo…
Chad troops enter Nigerian town in pursuit of Boko Haram
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Chadian troops clashed with Boko Haram fighters in the northeastern Nigerian town of Gambaru on Tuesday in a bid to break the Islamist insurgents’ grip on the town bordering Cameroon, Chadian military sources said.
Turkey revokes passport of bitter Erdogan rival Gulen
ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish government has canceled the passport of ally-turned-foe Fethullah Gulen, local media reported on Tuesday, the latest salvo in a bitter feud between the U.S.-based Muslim cleric and President Tayyip Erdogan.
Venezuela becoming ‘laughing stock’, ex-Chavez economic guru says
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s economic failings are turning it into the “laughing-stock” of Latin America, according to late president Hugo Chavez’s top economic planner.
Bus carrying Israeli Muslims from prayer crashes, eight dead
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A collision involving a truck and a bus carrying Israeli Muslims returning from prayer at Jerusalem’s al Aqsa mosque killed eight people on Tuesday, police and local officials said.
Blast kills one in Alexandria, bombs found at Cairo airport
CAIRO (Reuters) – A man was killed in a bomb blast in Egypt’s second city of Alexandria on Tuesday, hours after two devices were discovered at Cairo airport and another went off in the center of the capital without casualties, security sources said.
WFP alarmed by pictures of ISIS logos on its Syria food parcels
GENEVA/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has declared itself “extremely concerned” by photographs showing its food parcels being handed out in Syria with Islamic State logos on them.
