Islamic State beheads militiaman as opposition attacks mount
AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State has executed a Syrian it accused of belonging to a militant cell that ambushed its fighters and blew up its vehicles in the town of al-Mayadin near the border with Iraq, a monitoring group that tracks the conflict said o…
Man held in Belgium over possible weapons sale to Paris attacker
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian authorities have detained a man for arms dealing and are investigating whether he supplied one of the Islamist gunmen who together killed 17 people in Paris last week, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Indian army kills five militants in Kashmir gunbattle
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian soldiers killed five militants during an eight-hour gunbattle in a forest in one of the heaviest clashes in the disputed region of Kashmir in the past few months.The firefight took place in the woods around the town of Shop…
Worried about Russia? Lithuania says ‘Keep calm and read the war manual’
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania is publishing a manual to advise its citizens on how to survive a war on its soil as concerns grow that Russia’s intervention in Ukraine heralds increased assertiveness in its tiny Baltic neighbors.
Bangladesh paramilitary to target firebomb throwers; violence toll 24
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s paramilitary troops will shoot protesters who throw fire bombs, the chief of the force said on Thursday, to rein in violence over last year’s disputed elections that has killed 24 people.
Twelve-year-old shot dead in Turkey’s Kurdish southeast
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A 12-year-old boy was shot dead in Cizre in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, the sixth person to be killed in the largely Kurdish town in the last three weeks, security sources said.
Gas canister explodes at office of conservative Greek politician
ATHENS (Reuters) – A gas canister attack at the office of a conservative politician in Athens early on Thursday caused minor damage and no injuries, 10 days before a key general election in Greece.
China enlists citizens to patrol border with North Korea – state media
BEIJING (Reuters) – China is sending civilian militias to help secure the border it shares with North Korea, state media said, in the wake of two reported killings of Chinese citizens by North Koreans that could strain ties between Pyongyang and its so…
Corpses of 16 men discovered in northern Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A search team has discovered 16 corpses in an area of northern Iraq formerly controlled by Islamic State militants, a local official said late on Wednesday.
Driver injures policewoman outside Paris presidential residence: police source
PARIS (Reuters) – Two people were arrested after a motorist injured a policewoman outside French President Francois Hollande’s residence in Paris on Wednesday night, in an incident apparently unconnected to last week’s shootings police sources said.
