Yazidis cheer Kurds on Iraqi mountain for breaking Islamic State siege
SINJAR MOUNTAIN, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish fighters flashed victory signs as they swept across the northern side of Sinjar mountain on Saturday, two days after breaking through to free hundreds of Yazidis trapped there for months by Islamic State …
Saudi says security forces kill four militants in Shi’ite village
DOHA (Reuters) – Security forces killed four militants in eastern Saudi Arabia on Saturday in a raid on a hideout used by gunmen who killed a policeman in the area last week, the interior ministry said.
Greek polls show anti-bailout leftists still ahead but lead slips
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s radical leftist Syriza party would beat the ruling conservatives if an election were held now but its lead has shrunk from last month, two opinion polls showed on Saturday.
Egypt charges captain, officer of Kuwaiti ship with manslaughter
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s public prosecutor charged the captain and first officer of a Kuwaiti container ship with manslaughter in connection with a collision in the Red Sea this month that killed 25 Egyptian fishermen, state news agency MENA said on S…
French police shoot dead knife-wielding man in police station
PARIS (Reuters) – French police on Saturday shot dead a man shouting “Allahu Akbar” (“God is the greatest”) who stabbed and wounded three officers in a police station, authorities said.
Egypt’s Sisi meets Qatari envoy, signaling possible detente
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met a special envoy of the emir of Qatar on Saturday, the latest step in a Saudi-brokered effort to repair relations, regional news agencies reported.
Ukraine to spend five percent of 2015 budget on defense and security
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine plans to spend five percent of its budget or 86 billion hryvnia ($5.5 billion) on the army and on law enforcement in 2015 and to reintroduce compulsory military service, a top security official said on Saturday.
Scottish prosecutor says no reason to doubt Lockerbie bomber’s guilt
LONDON (Reuters) – No evidence has emerged that casts doubt on the conviction of a late Libyan intelligence officer for the Lockerbie airline bombing 26 years ago, says Scotland’s top prosecutor.
Egypt receives 10 Apache helicopters from U.S.: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt received 10 Apache helicopters from the United States in the past week, security sources said on Saturday, a sign of easing tensions between the long-time allies confronting Islamist extremism across the region.
China arrests U.S. missionary near North Korea border
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Friday arrested Korean American missionary who was being held near the country’s border with North Korea, signaling a toughening crackdown on Christian activists in the sensitive region.
