U.S. air power in Afghanistan at five-year low as aid to Afghan forces wanes
KABUL (Reuters) – The United States’ use of air power in Afghanistan in the first two months of 2015 was its lowest in five years, as the reduced international military coalition sharply cut battlefield aid to Afghan security forces.
Indian train accident kills at least 30, leaves 50 injured
Bachhrawan, India (Reuters) – At least 30 people were killed and 50 injured when an express train overshot a railway signal and some carriages went off the rails in a northern Indian state on Friday, officials said.
Niger troops say find mass grave outside town taken from Boko Haram
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Troops from Chad and Niger have discovered what appears to be a mass grave outside the northern Nigerian town of Damasak, liberated from the Islamist group Boko Haram at the weekend, Niger military sources said on Friday.
Polish priest offers to serve seven years in jail over child sex charges
WARSAW (Reuters) – A Catholic priest on trial for sexually abusing children in Poland and the Dominican Republic offered on Friday to serve a seven-year jail term, a court spokeswoman said.
Tanzania warns of violence in Burundi if president seeks third term
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Peace mediator Tanzania warned of the risk of renewed violence in Burundi if politicians do not abide by a new constitution that would prevent the president there running for another term.
U.S., allies launch eight airstrikes against Islamic State: task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its coalition allies staged eight air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq since early Thursday, the Combined Joint Task Force overseeing the operations said in a statement.
Police arrest fifth man over Copenhagen shooting attacks
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Police have arrested a fifth man in connection with February shooting attacks at a free speech event and a synagogue that killed two people, police said on Friday.
Death toll rises to at least 24 in Yemen’s mosque suicide bomb attacks: sources
SANAA (Reuters) – At least 24 people were killed when suicide bombers blew themselves up in two mosques in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Friday during noon prayers, security and medical sources told Reuters.
Germany condemns Russian deal with South Ossetia as threat to Georgia
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government on Friday condemned Russia’s new treaty with Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region, saying it posed a threat to Georgian sovereignty and would reinforce Tbilisi’s fears that Moscow was intent on annexing the …
Pakistan bomb targets mosque in rare attack on Muslim minority
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A bomb exploded outside a Bohra mosque after Friday prayers in the Pakistani financial hub of Karachi, wounding at least a dozen people, television said, the latest in a series of attacks on Muslim minorities.
