Iraqi government forces close to Baiji refinery: officers
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi government forces got within a kilometer (half a mile) of the country’s biggest refinery on Friday, the closest they have come to breaking an Islamic State siege of the facility during months of fighting, two army officers and…
Troops clash with Muslim militants in Philippines, 15 dead
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine troops clashed on Friday with Islamist militants on a remote southern island and 14 people were killed in the first major encounter since the army launched an offensive almost a month ago, military officials said.
Sweden says has proof of foreign submarine intrusion in October
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden has proof that a small foreign submarine was operating illegally in its waters last month, its top military officer said on Friday after a mysterious episode that triggered the country’s biggest military mobilization since …
Police search India drug factory linked to sterilization deaths
RAIPUR/BILASPUR India (Reuters) – When Indian police came knocking at Sumit and Rajesh Mahawar’s pharmaceutical plant two days ago, they say the father and son locked the doors from the inside. A few hours later, after the police left, witnesses report…
Pakistan says security ‘inextricably linked’ with Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s military told new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that the security of the two countries was “inextricably linked” on Friday as Ghani kicked off a two-day trip aimed at rebuilding damaged ties between the two countries.
Jerusalem’s tram rides a fine line as city violence worsens
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – If there has been a constant target during weeks of unrest in Jerusalem, it is the divided city’s Light Rail, a sleek tram that snakes through downtown, past the ancient walls of the Old City, symbolically uniting Jewish West and …
Brazil police detain 27 more in Petrobras-linked probe
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal police were serving 27 additional arrest warrants on Friday in a broad money-laundering investigation that has ensnared a former senior executive at oil firm Petrobras, causing it to delay releasing its resul…
Court extends house arrest of Russian tycoon Yevtushenkov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court extended the house arrest of billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov on Friday just weeks after his shares in an oil company were seized, pressing a case some investors say signals a return to state intervention in business…
Russia may claim damages if France doesn’t deliver Mistral warship: news agency
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia may demand monetary compensation unless France delivers the first of two Mistral helicopter carriers by the end of November, state news agency RIA quoted an unnamed source as saying on Friday.
Hong Kong student protesters plan Beijing visit, but may not be allowed in
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Three Hong Kong student leaders plan to take their fight for greater democracy to Beijing on Saturday as frustration grows over the city government’s inability to negotiate on electoral reforms in the former British colony.
