Islamic State has lured 550 Germans into fighting: spy agency
BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of Germans fighting alongside Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq has increased sharply to 550 and around 180 have returned, the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence said in a newspaper interview published on Sund…
Italy regional votes to test public mood on Renzi
ROME (Reuters) – Italians voted on Sunday in regional ballots which will test whether the country, tired of economic stagnation and austerity, is also wearying of Matteo Renzi’s nine-month old coalition government.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe tightens grip on party, to choose successor
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe has changed the constitution of his ruling ZANU-PF party to allow him to directly appoint his deputies, giving the 90-year-old sole power to anoint his successor, party sources said on Sunday.
For many young British Muslims tug of peace is stronger than pull of war
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – For some British Muslims, the path to jihad and the path to peaceful aid work can traverse much of the same terrain.
Bangladesh arrests nine in crackdown on militant groups
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh has arrested four members of an outlawed militant group, including the chief of its women’s wing, as well as five suspects in a southern city, police said on Sunday, as authorities stiffen a crackdown on militants.
China arrests man for spying on aircraft carrier base: CCTV
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese man has been arrested for taking photos of an aircraft carrier base and selling them to a foreigner as more young Chinese Internet users are being recruited by foreign spies to gather intelligence on military affairs, stat…
Bahrain holds elections, Shi’ite opposition boycotts vote
MANAMA (Reuters) – Bahrainis voted on Saturday in the first parliamentary elections since 2011 when mostly Shi’ite protesters took to the streets demanding more democracy.
Islamic State kills at least 25 Iraqi tribesmen near Ramadi: officials
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have killed at least 25 members of a Sunni Muslim tribe in a village on the eastern edge of the provincial capital Ramadi, local officials said on Saturday, in apparent revenge for tribal opposition to the ra…
Somali Islamists execute 28 non-Muslims on Kenyan bus
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab said it had staged an attack in Kenya on Saturday in which gunmen ordered non-Muslims off a bus and shot 28 dead, while sparing Muslim passengers.
U.S. and Turkey discuss transition away from Assad in Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said he and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan he had discussed a transition of power in Syria away from President Bashar al-Assad during a four-hour meeting in Istanbul on Saturday.
