British defense plans fail to meet new threats: lawmakers
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s defense plans are inadequate to address a dramatic rise in global security threats and a challenge from Russia on Europe’s doorstep, a committee of lawmakers said on Tuesday, warning the country risked retreating into isola…
U.S. pledges to keep funding Afghans amid calls for slower pullout
CAMP DAVID, Md. (Reuters) – The United States assured Afghanistan’s leaders on Monday it would keep funding Afghan security forces at a targeted peak level of 352,000 personnel at least into 2017 to provide stability as foreign troops withdraw from the…
Taxi driver arrested after Uber drivers intimidated in Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Brussels police on Monday arrested a taxi driver who confessed to taking part in several incidents of intimidation against drivers using the Uber ride-sharing app, in the latest controversy over the U.S. tech company in Europe.
Pentagon notifying 100 U.S. troops threatened by Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Monday it was notifying 100 U.S. troops that a group claiming ties to Islamic State militants had posted their names, addresses and photos on the Internet and was calling for American sympathizers to kill the…
Sierra Leone army confines troops to barracks amid political crisis
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s army chief on Monday ordered soldiers to remain in their barracks and warned them to steer clear of a political crisis that has erupted following the controversial dismissal of the West African nation’s vice-presiden…
Greek PM Tsipras to visit Germany’s Holocaust memorial
BERLIN (Reuters) – Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Germany’s Holocaust memorial on Tuesday on the second day of his visit to the country that his radical leftist government has demanded pay World War Two reparations, his office said on …
Eight killed in air strike as Libya government aims to recapture capital
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Eight civilians were killed in an air strike near Tripoli on Monday, the U.S. ambassador said, as Libya’s internationally recognized government pressed on with an assault to recapture the capital it abandoned to a rival fac…
Poll shows most Brazilians favor Rousseff’s impeachment
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A majority of Brazilians favor impeaching President Dilma Rousseff due to an economic slump and a snowballing corruption scandal at state-run oil company Petrobras, according to a poll released on Monday.
Suspected bomb makers killed in northern Mali blast
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – One or two suspected bomb makers were killed in the northern Mali town of Gao on Monday when the explosives they were handling detonated prematurely, local residents and a security official said.
Israel’s Steinitz says world powers, Iran likely to agree bad nuclear deal
PARIS (Reuters) – Israel said on Monday it was probable that world powers and Iran would agree a “bad deal” on Tehran’s nuclear program and it would do all it could to toughen any accord before talks resume this week.
