Chad, Niger launch joint offensive against Boko Haram in Nigeria
N’DJAMENA/NIAMEY (Reuters) – Chad and Niger launched a joint army operation against Boko Haram militants in Nigeria on Sunday, military sources said, stepping up a regional push to end the Sunni Muslim group’s six-year insurgency.
UK plans airline laws to stop Britons from joining Islamic State
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will introduce new laws on Tuesday to try to stop airlines carrying passengers who may be traveling to join Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, a junior minister said on Sunday.
Struggling Berlusconi confirms break with Renzi over reforms
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s four-time ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi confirmed on Sunday his party would not support the government’s proposed constitutional reforms as he sought to hold his party together and reclaim his leadership of the center-rig…
Early Greek election, referendum possible if EU rejects debt plan: Varoufakis
ROME (Reuters) – Greece could call a referendum or have early elections should its euro zone partners reject its debt and growth plans, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.
Obama cites progress in U.S.-Iran nuclear talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Iran have narrowed their differences in nuclear weapons negotiations, President Barack Obama said in the face of a renewed Republican warning on Sunday that any deal will face a tough congressional review.
Air strike in Syria hits Nusra Front camp: monitor, sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air strike in northwestern Syria hit a camp used by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front on Sunday, killing at least nine of its fighters, a monitoring group said, in the second big attack on the group there in four days.
At least three killed in north Mali rocket attack: U.N
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Unknown attackers fired dozens of rockets towards a U.N. base on the outskirts of the north Malian town of Kidal early on Sunday, killing at least three people, the United Nations said.
Yemen’s defense minister escapes Houthi-controlled Sanaa
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s defense minister has fled Houthi-controlled Sanaa for Aden, officials said on Sunday, in a move expected to bolster President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in his power struggle with the Shi’ite Muslim group.
Iraqi troops, militia make advances near Tikrit
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces and Shi’ite militia fighting the Islamic State took control of the center of a town on the southern outskirts of Saddam Hussein’s home city Tikrit on Sunday, security officials said.
Iraq calls for air power to protect antiquities
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq urged a U.S.-led military coalition on Sunday to use air power to protect the country’s antiquities from Islamic State fighters looting and destroying some of the world’s greatest archaeological treasures.
