U.S., allies stage 25 air strikes on Islamic State: joint task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies staged 25 air strikes on Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria, focusing on the Syrian cities of Kobani and Hasakah, the Combined Joint Task Force said on Monday.
World’s diet worsening with globalisation, major study finds
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world’s diet has deteriorated substantially in the last two decades, a leading nutrition expert said on Monday, citing one of the largest studies available on international eating habits.
Polish finance minister worries over deflation, eyes ‘Brexit’ risks
LANCASTER, England (Reuters) – Europe seem increasingly mired in a deep economic slump with little prospect of it easing within a decade, Polish Finance Minister Mateusz Szczurek said on Friday.
Libya’s elected parliament suspends participation in U.N.-backed talks
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s elected parliament voted on Monday to suspend its participation in a U.N.-sponsored dialogue between Libya’s rival conflict parties, vying for control of the oil producer, lawmakers said.
Magnitude 5 quake strikes Spain, 73 km west of Albacete: USGS
MADRID (Reuters) – A magnitude 5 earthquake shook central and eastern Spain on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Explosion at Gulf Oil Corp factory in India kills two
BHUBANESHWAR (Reuters) – Two people died and at least 13 were injured after an explosion at a factory belonging to Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, police said on Monday.
Obama says Libya situation continues to pose threat to United States
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama sent a formal letter to Congress on Monday extending a national emergency for Libya for a year because of the conflict over power and access to the country’s resources.
Kenyan court throws out sections of controversial security law
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s Constitutional Court court on Monday threw out parts of a new anti-terrorism law, including restrictions on the media, but left most of it intact, including a provision allowing police to hold terrorism suspects for a year w…
Turkey to make long-range missiles compatible with NATO systems: spokesman
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will make its planned new long-range missiles compatible with the NATO’s systems, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Monday, in comments apparently at odds with those of the country’s defence minister.
Bangladesh ferry capsizes after collision, 70 dead
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least 70 people died when a ferry carrying 150 passengers and crew capsized after colliding with a trawler on a river in central Bangladesh, police said on Monday.
