U.S., partners conduct nine air strikes against Islamic State: task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its coalition partners conducted four air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and five in Iraq on Sunday and Monday, according to the U.S. military.
Exclusive: Obama sharply criticizes China’s plans for new technology rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday sharply criticized China’s plans for new rules on U.S. tech companies, urging Beijing to change the policy if it wants to do business with the United States and saying he had raised it with Presid…
Ukraine’s military says one Ukrainian serviceman killed in past 24 hours
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Monday one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and four wounded in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, underscoring the fragility of a two-week-old ceasefire deal.
Exclusive: Nemtsov killing sign of worsening climate in Russia – Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Monday that the killing of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov is a sign of a worsening climate in Russia where civil rights and media freedoms have been rolled back in the last several years.
Exclusive: Obama hopes for U.S. embassy in Cuba before April summit in Panama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that he hopes the United States will open an embassy in Cuba by the time of a Western Hemisphere summit in Panama in mid-April.
Cuba signals readiness to fast-track U.S. diplomatic ties
MIAMI/HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba is willing to restore diplomatic relations with the United States as soon as the Obama administration declares its intent to take the country off a list of state sponsors of terrorism, according to a senior Cuban official….
Bomb near top Cairo court house kills two; other blasts hit capital
CAIRO (Reuters) – Two people were killed when a bomb exploded near a top court building in central Cairo, the health ministry said, the deadliest attack in three blasts to hit the Egyptian capital on Monday.
Chadian troops seize Nigerian town of Dikwa from Boko Haram
DIKWA, Chad (Reuters) – Chadian troops drove out Boko Haram militants from the town of Dikwa in Nigeria, an army spokesman said on Monday, losing one soldier in the battle.
Mexico calls on U.S. to probe police killings of its nationals
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government on Monday called on the United States to investigate a string of killings of its nationals by American police, voicing “profound consternation and irritation” at what it called a presumed excessive use of for…
U.S. spy chief says 40 Americans who went to Syria have returned
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 180 Americans have traveled to Syria to join Islamist militants and around 40 of them have returned to the United States, the U.S. National Intelligence director, James Clapper, said on Monday.
