Islamic State executed nearly 2,000 people in six months: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Islamic State militant group has killed 1,878 people in Syria during the past six months, the majority of them civilians, a British-based Syrian monitoring organization said on Sunday.
Egypt reduces sentences for 23 young activists for protesting: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian appeals court reduced the jail terms on Sunday for 23 young activists convicted of violating a law banning protests without a permit, judicial sources said.
U.S.-led forces launch 13 air strikes in Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces on Sunday conducted eight air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and five strikes on IS targets in Iraq, the U.S. military said in a statement.
Hamas bars Gaza youths bereaved in war from visiting Israel
ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER (Reuters) – Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip prevented on Sunday a group of Palestinian children who lost parents in the July-August war with Israel from making a rare goodwill visit to the Jewish state, organizers of the trip sai…
Russia must influence separatists to end Ukraine crisis, says Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to the Russian government on Sunday to use its influence on separatists in eastern Ukraine to implement a ceasefire plan agreed in Minsk in September aimed at ending the conflict.
Libya’s official government conducts air strikes on Misrata
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Libya’s recognized government staged air strikes on targets in Misrata on Sunday in the first such attacks on the city allied to an armed group that seized the capital in the summer, officials and residents said.
Floods in Malaysia and Thailand kill at least 24
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The worst flooding in Malaysia in more than a decade has killed 10 people and forced nearly 160,000 from their homes and more rain is expected, authorities said on Sunday.
Turkish teenager dies amid Kurdish infighting
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A teenager was shot and killed in southeastern Turkey on Saturday in clashes between members of a Kurdish Islamist party and youths linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), security sources said.
Anti-Arab group poses legal, political dilemma for Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A far-right Israeli group that agitates against Arabs in the name of religion and national security is forcing the Jewish state into a legal and political balancing act as it tries to contain sectarian violence.
North Korea blames U.S. for Internet outages, calls Obama ‘monkey’
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea called U.S. President Barack Obama a “monkey” and blamed Washington on Saturday for Internet outages it has experienced during a confrontation with the United States over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures.
