UK teens suspected of trying to join Islamic State arrested
ANKARA (Reuters) – Three male British teenagers suspected of planning to join Islamic State militants in Syria have been arrested by London police after being deported from Turkey, officials said on Sunday.
Seven air strikes target Islamic State in Iraq, four in Syria: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and coalition partners carried out seven air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and four in Syria since Saturday, the U.S. military said.
EU proposal to send soldiers to Libya met with skepticism
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini wants the EU to consider sending soldiers to Libya to back up a potential national unity government but the plan has met with skepticism from EU governments worried about the r…
Ukraine’s president says truce not working, urges more Russia sanctions: newspaper
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Ukraine’s president accused Russian-backed separatists in the east of failing to respect a ceasefire with Ukrainian troops and called for further sanctions on Russia in comments to a German newspaper to be published on Monday.
Kremlin declines to comment on report on Putin’s absence from Moscow: Dozhd
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on a report from the independent news outlet Dozhd on Sunday that said Russian President Vladimir Putin had not been in Moscow for the last several days.
Syrian military on offensive as conflict enters fifth year
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s air force carried out air strikes on Sunday on Douma city, an insurgent stronghold northeast of Damascus, with 18 people killed and at least 100 wounded including children and other civilians, the Britain-based Syrian Observa…
Gunmen carry out second kidnapping in Afghanistan in three weeks
KABUL (Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped eight ethnic Hazara people from two cars in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday but later released all but one of the hostages, a local official said.
Twin bombings at churches in Pakistan kill 14, wound 78
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Bombs outside two churches in the Pakistani city of Lahore killed 14 people and wounded nearly 80 during Sunday services, and witnesses said quick action by a security guard prevented many more deaths.
Court decision deepens Ivory Coast opposition rift
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The conviction of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo’s allies for their role in the violence that followed the 2011 election in Ivory Coast has deepened a rift in his party that risks radicalizing hardliners ahead of polls this year in the…
China probes Yunnan senior official for corruption
BEIJING (Reuters) – A senior official in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan is being investigated for “violating party discipline”, the Communist Party said on Sunday, employing its usual euphemism for corruption.
