Afghan troops fight insurgents near Pakistan border, 18 killed
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least 18 militants were killed in a gun battle in a mountainous district of Afghanistan near Pakistan, police said on Thursday, in the latest fighting in the region since a Taliban massacre of school children in th…
Islamic State executes three of its Chinese militants: China paper
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Islamic State has killed three Chinese militants who joined its ranks in Syria and Iraq and later attempted to flee, a Chinese state-run newspaper said, the latest account of fighters from China embroiled in the Middle East conf…
At least 20 killed in clashes between Myanmar army and rebels
YANGON (Reuters) – Heavy fighting between Myanmar soldiers and ethnic insurgents this week has killed at least 20 people near the northeastern border with China, the government and an organization representing the rebel groups said on Thursday.
Top China official in Hong Kong warns against confronting Beijing
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s top official in Hong Kong has warned democracy campaigners in the former British colony against pushing for independence and confronting Beijing, the official news agency, Xinhua, reported.
Troops kill eight in highway battles in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican federal troops killed eight alleged gang members on Wednesday in battles along a highway near the U.S. border in the northern state of Tamaulipas, a region plagued by a bloody dispute between drug cartels.
Ukrainian president calls for NATO states to provide weapons
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on NATO states to send weapons to his country, saying in a newspaper interview that civilian deaths and the growing conflict should provide the Western alliance with enough reason to come t…
Suppression of Islamic State more realistic than elimination: UK lawmakers
LONDON (Reuters) – Containing Islamic State may be a more realistic strategy than defeating it, a committee of British lawmakers said, calling on Britain to play a greater role in the fight against the militants in Iraq and Syria.
Troops kill eight in highway battles in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican federal troops killed eight alleged gang members on Wednesday in battles along a highway near the U.S. border in the northern state of Tamaulipas, a region plagued by a bloody dispute between the Gulf and the Zetas drug …
Hungary PM: strong diplomatic ties with Russia, Germany a priority
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday that his main foreign policy goal was maintaining good ties with Russia and Germany, adding that the United States was an important partner but not the central focus of foreig…
Jordanian king vows ‘relentless’ war on Islamic State’s own ground
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s King Abdullah vowed a “relentless” war against Islamic State on their own territory on Wednesday in response to a video published by the hard-line group showing a captured Jordanian air force pilot being burned alive in a cag…
