Taliban declare ‘defeat’ of U.S., allies in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan on Monday declared the “defeat” of the U.S. and its allies in the 13-year-old war, a day after the coalition officially marked the end of its combat mission.
Thai PM vows to fight human trafficking in sex trade, fishing industry: TRFN
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has vowed to crackdown on human trafficking in the sex trade and fishing industry in 2015 and punish any public officials involved after international criticism of Thailand’s …
China’s Xi calls for tighter ideological control in universities
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater “ideological guidance” in China’s universities and urged the study of Marxism, state media reported on Monday, as the country tightens control on Western ideology.
U.N. reopens Nile route to bring aid to hunger-hit South Sudan
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Monday it had begun delivering food aid to war-torn South Sudan via the Nile River from Sudan for the first time since it became independent in 2011, warning the country could face a “hunger catastrophe”.
UK’s royal palace guards moved behind gates on attack fears: media
LONDON (Reuters) – The soldiers who stand guard outside Britain’s royal palaces have been moved behind metal fences because of fears of a terror attack, local newspapers reported on Monday.
Bomber kills 11 Shi’ite pilgrims north of Baghdad: police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 11 people and wounded 23 others when he detonated explosives in a crowd of Shi’ite pilgrims walking north of Baghdad to the shrine city of Samarra, police and medical officials said.
Three Iranian Revolutionary Guards killed near Pakistan border
DUBAI (Reuters) – Three members of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), sent to reinforce border police, were killed in an attack in the southeast of Iran near Pakistan, according to Iranian media reports on Monday.
Cameroon says fights off Boko Haram attacks, kills 41 militants
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon’s army killed at least 41 Islamist militants as it fought off a wave of attacks along its border with Nigeria over the weekend in an escalation in the conflict, the government said.
Lebanese army disperses youths protesting near border town
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese soldiers fired into the air to disperse a protest on Monday against security measures near a town close to the Syrian border, a security source and the state news agency reported.
Special Report: Their nation in pieces, Iraqis ponder what comes next
SALAHUDDIN PROVINCE, Iraq (Reuters) – The machine gun poking out from between a framed portrait of a Shi’ite imam and a stuffed toy Minnie Mouse was trained on anyone who approached the checkpoint.
