Consumed by Islamic State, Iraq’s Anbar province a key battleground again
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In recent weeks, the world has watched the battle to save Syria’s border town of Kobani from Islamic State. But the radical jihadists have for longer been engulfing another strategically more vital target – Iraq’s western Anbar province and its road to Baghdad.
Canada police talked to militant suspect, couldn’t stop attack
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU Quebec (Reuters) – Canadian police said on Tuesday they had arrested a suspected militant as he was leaving the country, took away his passport and talked to him several times but had no chance of preventing him from killing a …
United States welcomes release of jailed Vietnam blogger
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Tuesday welcomed Vietnam’s decision to release jailed blogger Nguyen Van Hai, who staged a hunger strike to protest treatment of political prisoners, and said he was set to travel to the United States.
Canada police say they were tracking man who killed a soldier
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU Quebec (Reuters) – A Canadian man who rammed two soldiers in Quebec with his car, killing one of them, converted to Islam last year and was among 90 people being tracked by Canadian police on suspicion of taking part in militan…
Britain to tighten charities laws to tackle terrorism funding
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will announce plans on Wednesday to tighten the law to help stop charities being used as a front to raise funds for terrorist groups.
Chilean president’s landmark education reform passes first hurdle
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet’s landmark education reform passed its first major hurdle on Tuesday after the Lower House approved the bill and sent it on to the Senate, where a heated debate awaits.
Consumed by Islamic State, Iraq’s Anbar province a key battleground again
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In recent weeks, the world has watched the battle to save Syria’s border town of Kobani from Islamic State. But the radical jihadists have for longer been engulfing another strategically more vital target – Iraq’s western Anbar province and its road to Baghdad.
In Afghan north, Taliban gains ground and courts local support
KUNDUZ CITY Afghanistan (Reuters) – Sardar, a 23-year-old working in his brother’s barber shop in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, said local officials had asked for bribes to resolve a long-running family dispute over land.
Pistorius starts five-year term for killing Reeva Steenkamp
PRETORIA (Reuters) – Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius started his five-year jail sentence on Tuesday for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, marking the end of a trial that has gripped South Africa and millions around the world.
No Russia-Ukraine gas deal at EU talks; Moscow queries finances
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine failed to reach an accord on gas supplies for the coming winter in EU-brokered talks on Tuesday but agreed to meet again in Brussels in a week in the hope of ironing out problems over Kiev’s ability to pay.
