Syria’s Kobani less at risk but could still fall: U.S. officials
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE Fla. (Reuters) – The Syrian border town of Kobani appears in less danger of falling to the Islamic State, but the threat still remains, U.S. officials said on Thursday, offering a measured view of a key battle against the militan…
Russian captured in Afghanistan to face terrorism charges in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Russian captured while fighting with militants in Afghanistan and held by the U.S. military there, will be flown to the United States to face terrorism charges, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
Ombudswoman calls for oversight for all U.N. sanctions regimes
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The ombudswoman for the United Nations’ al Qaeda blacklist on Thursday called for her oversight to be expanded to more than a dozen other U.N. Security Council sanctions regimes to ensure fair process for the individuals and …
Brazil’s president widens lead in polls ahead of Sunday vote
BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Dilma Rousseff has a clear lead over opposition candidate Aecio Neves and would win Sunday’s presidential election runoff by six to eight percentage points, two opinion polls showed on Thursday.
Tunisia policeman killed in pre-election clash with militants
OUED ELLIL Tunisia (Reuters) – A Tunisian policeman was killed and another wounded on Thursday when security forces clashed with Islamist militants on the outskirts of Tunis, three days before parliamentary elections which voters hope will help them ad…
USAID tamped down internal criticism over Egypt work: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Auditors and employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development say critical assessments of the agency’s work in Egypt were removed from a report before it was released by the agency’s inspector general, the Washington Po…
Mexico says mayor, wife were behind student-teacher disappearances
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican mayor and his wife were “probable masterminds” behind the disappearance of 43 student-teachers last month in the restive southwest, the country’s attorney general said on Wednesday.
U.S.-led air strikes killed 521 fighters, 32 civilians in Syria: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes by U.S.-led forces have killed 521 Islamist fighters and 32 civilians during a month-long campaign in Syria, a monitoring group which tracks the violence said on Thursday.
Three Azeri workers die in offshore platform accident
BAKU (Reuters) – Three workers were killed and one is still missing after an accident at one of the offshore oil and gas platforms in the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan, Azeri state energy company SOCAR said on Thursday.
Islamic State militants seize Iraq village, press assault on Yazidis
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State wrested a Sunni Muslim village in western Iraq on Thursday from tribal defenders who put up weeks of fierce resistance, and the insurgents tightened a siege of the Yazidi minority on a mountain in the north.
