Libya pays heavy economic price as fighting takes toll
CAIRO (Reuters) – The central bank is burning through its foreign reserves and many government services are being cut as Libya reels under the effects of a collapse in oil revenues caused by factional fighting that threatens to tear the country apart.
North Korea boosted ‘cyber forces’ to 6,000 troops, South says
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean military’s “cyber army” has boosted its numbers to 6,000 troops, the South Korean Defense Ministry said on Tuesday, double Seoul’s estimate for the force in 2013, and is working to cause “physical and psychological paraly…
West’s Islamic State focus neglects human tragedy in Syria, doctors say
PARIS (Reuters) – Western states are focusing too much on tackling Islamic State and are forgetting the daily suffering of ordinary Syrians in areas of the country where the medical situation has become catastrophic, a group of Syrian doctors said.
Turkish vessel to continue work off Cyprus, deepening standoff
NICOSIA (Reuters) – A Turkish research vessel will continue searching for oil and gas off Cyprus, Turkish Cypriot authorities said on Tuesday, extending a simmering standoff between rival sides on the ethnically-split island over offshore gas reserves….
U.S.-led forces conduct 10 air strikes in Syria, two in Iraq: military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces conducted 10 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria, mostly targeting the contested city of Kobani, and two strikes in Iraq since Monday, the U.S. military said.
Hamas denies leader has been expelled from Qatar
DOHA (Reuters) – Militant group Hamas on Tuesday denied reports that its leader Khaled Meshaal has been expelled from Qatar.
Gambia’s Jammeh reshuffles cabinet after coup attempt
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh reshuffled three major posts in his government, state television reported, a week after a failed coup attempt in the West Africa nation.
Libya’s official government bans Palestinians, Syrians and Sudanese from entry
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s official government has banned Palestinians, Syrians and Sudanese from entry because their countries are undermining the oil producing nation’s security, the interior minister said.
Pakistan’s parliament votes for military courts to try insurgents
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s parliament on Tuesday passed legislation allowing military courts to try insurgents, one of a raft of measures aimed at clamping down on increasingly brutal attacks after Taliban gunmen massacred 134 children last month…
Israeli nationalist leader in spotlight over 1996 Lebanon attack
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Naftali Bennett, leader of an ultra-nationalist Israeli party and a potential future defense minister, is in the spotlight over his indirect role in an army shelling attack that killed more than 100 Lebanese civilians nearly two d…
