Kashmir shelling, spat over Pakistan aid mar run-up to Kerry trip
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Reports of a $500-million Washington aid package to Pakistan and a period of intense border shelling in Kashmir have overshadowed the run-up to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to India in the next few days.Kerry travels…
Tribal chief, four others killed in Yemeni ambush: tribal sources
SANAA (Reuters) – Unidentified assailants killed a Yemeni tribal chief allied with Shi’ite Muslim Houthi militias and at least four other people in an ambush on Tuesday, tribal sources said.
Protesters injured in Bahrain clashes: witnesses
MANAMA (Reuters) – Several people were injured on Tuesday when demonstrators clashed with Bahraini security forces in the capital Manama during protests over the detention of a prominent opposition leader, eyewitnesses said.
Iran nuclear talks with six powers to resume Jan. 18 in Geneva: IRNA
DUBAI (Reuters) – The next round of nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers will begin on January 18 in Geneva, Tehran’s chief negotiator was quoted by the official news agency IRNA on Tuesday as saying.
Dozens of Islamist fighters killed as battle of Kobani rages on
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Forty-one Islamic State militants were killed in the Syrian border town of Kobani on Tuesday as U.S.-led air strikes helped local forces push the group to the city’s edges, a monitoring group said.
Female suicide bomber hits police station in Istanbul’s historic heart
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a police station in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district on Tuesday, killing one officer and wounding another.
Turkey briefly detains Dutch journalist in ‘terror’ probe
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish police briefly detained a Dutch reporter on terrorism-related charges on Tuesday, highlighting accusations of media persecution on a day President Tayyip Erdogan declared that Turkish journalists enjoyed more free…
France warns Palestinians over escalating crisis with U.N. bid
PARIS (Reuters) – France warned the Palestinians on Tuesday against escalating a diplomatic battle with Israel after President Mahmoud Abbas said he would resubmit to the U.N. Security Council a resolution calling for the creation of a Palestinian stat…
Syria’s neighbors need more help to cope with refugee crisis: U.N.
ANKARA (Reuters) – Countries around the world must do more to help Syria’s neighbors cope with the millions of people who have fled the civil war, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday.
Nigerian governors facing Boko Haram request more troops before election
ABUJA (Reuters) – Facing an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency, governors from three states in northeast Nigeria asked President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday to deploy extra troops to secure their regions before next month’s presidential election…
