Egypt puts over 200 on trial, accused of militant activity
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court opened the trial on Thursday of 213 suspected militants, including members of the army and police, on charges of joining Egypt’s most active militant group and attempting to assassinate the interior minister, judicia…
British teacher jailed for trying to join Islamic State in Syria
LONDON (Reuters) – A science teacher from northern England who supported Islamic State fighters in Syria before trying to go there himself has been jailed for six years.
Finland should not exclude NATO application in next four years: PM
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said on Thursday that Finland, which shares a 1,300 Km (800 mile) border with Russia, should not exclude the possibility of seeking membership of NATO over the next four years.
Bangladesh Islamist appeals against death sentence for war crimes
DHAKA (Reuters) – A senior leader of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party appealed to the Supreme Court on Thursday to scrap the death penalty passed on him for genocide and torture of civilians during the country’s 1971 war.
Sri Lanka cabinet suspends Chinese project on approval issue
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka suspended a $1.5-billion Chinese luxury real estate project in Colombo on Thursday until it obtains required government approvals, a move that risks a diplomatic row with its biggest foreign investor.
Israel resuming some Gaza produce imports halted in 2007
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will start buying some fruit and vegetables from the Gaza Strip next week, a partial resumption of imports halted when the Islamist group Hamas took over the Palestinian territory in 2007, Israeli officials said on Thursday…
Europe’s top court rejects Iranian trade bank’s sanctions challenge
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s highest court threw out a challenge by a Hamburg-based Iranian trade bank to its inclusion on the European Union’s sanctions list on Thursday, a victory for the EU after a number of its Iran sanctions rulings were overturn…
Yemen’s Houthis seize national dialogue HQ, president insists group must leave Sanaa
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s dominant Shi’ite Muslim Houthi militia seized the offices of a political conciliation body late on Wednesday, hours after the president refused U.N.-brokered talks with their powerful movement unless they withdrew from Sanaa.
U.N. urges Mali rebels to sign northern peace proposal
BAMAKO (Reuters) – The United Nations is urging Tuareg-led rebels to sign a proposal on the future of northern Mali, calling it an important step toward peace in the violent region.
Kerry briefs Iran’s Gulf rivals on nuclear talks
RIYADH (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Gulf Arab foreign ministers in Riyadh on Thursday to brief them on progress in the nuclear talks with Iran and offer reassurance that any deal would not damage their interests.
