Obama, Abu Dhabi crown prince discuss need for military equipment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama met for more than an hour with Abu Dhabi’s crown prince on Monday and discussed the conflicts in Yemen, Iraq, Syria and Libya, and the United Arab Emirates’ need for military equipment, the White House said…
U.S. says might talk to Iran about regional stability, cites Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Monday it might talk with Iran about promoting regional stability, noting it had been open to including Iran in past efforts to achieve a Syrian peace deal if Tehran had altered its policy.
U.S. Navy sends more warships near Yemen in security move
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy has sent an aircraft carrier and a guided-missile cruiser into the waters near Yemen, officials said on Monday, heightening the U.S. maritime security presence as concerns mount over Yemen’s escalating conflict.
Spy agency sees sharp increase in Canadians joining Islamic State
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The number of Canadians leaving to join militant groups in Iraq and Syria such as Islamic State has increased 50 percent in the past few months, a senior security official said on Monday.
Vehicle blast injures two in Israeli criminal incident: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An explosion in a parked vehicle in southern Israel on Monday wounded at least two people in a suspected criminal incident, police said.
Palestinian ministers cut short Gaza visit over dispute with Hamas
GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian cabinet ministers from the occupied West Bank cut short a visit to Gaza on Monday over disputes between their Western-backed Fatah movement and the Islamist group Hamas which dominates the territory, officials said.
U.S. says FBI head did not intend to suggest Poland role in Holocaust
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – FBI Director James Comey did not intend to suggest in an article last week that Poland was responsible for the Holocaust during World War Two, a State Department spokeswoman said on Monday after Washington’s ambassador was summon…
Air strike on missile base in Yemen capital kills 25, wounds hundreds
SANAA (Reuters) – An air strike on a Scud missile base in the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa triggered a big explosion that killed 25 people and wounded almost 400 on Monday, state news agency Saba said.
Russia’s Lavrov says fighting in east Ukraine abating
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday he believed a surge in ceasefire violations in east Ukraine had passed, adding Moscow would work to prevent violence escalating again.
Germany, defying Turkey, to call 1915 Armenian massacre ‘genocide’
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government backed away on Monday from a steadfast refusal to use the term “genocide” to describe the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces 100 years ago after rebellious members of parliament fo…
