Greece faces early election after PM loses vote on president
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece heads to an early general election next month after parliament rejected Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s nominee for president on Monday, throwing the country into a new period of political turmoil just as it emerges from econ…
Iraqi security forces recapture large sections of Dhuluiya town
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces and pro-government militias took control of large parts of the Tigris River town of Dhuluiya north of Baghdad on Monday from Islamic State fighters, police and army sources said.
Ukraine’s President to meet Russian, French, German leaders, rules out offensive
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President said on Monday he would meet the leaders of Russia, France and Germany on Jan. 15 in an attempt to restore peace to Kiev’s eastern territories and acknowledged Kiev lacked the resources to regain control by military…
U.S. coalition launches 18 air strikes against Islamic State: task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-led coalition launched 18 air strikes against Islamic State on Monday, including 12 in Syria and six in Iraq, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian throwing rocks in West Bank: army
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian who had been hurling rocks at cars on a highway in the occupied West Bank on Monday, a military spokeswoman said.
Taliban declare ‘defeat’ of U.S., allies in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan on Monday declared the “defeat” of the U.S. and its allies in the 13-year-old war, a day after the coalition officially marked the end of its combat mission.
Thai PM vows to fight human trafficking in sex trade, fishing industry: TRFN
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has vowed to crackdown on human trafficking in the sex trade and fishing industry in 2015 and punish any public officials involved after international criticism of Thailand’s …
China’s Xi calls for tighter ideological control in universities
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater “ideological guidance” in China’s universities and urged the study of Marxism, state media reported on Monday, as the country tightens control on Western ideology.
U.N. reopens Nile route to bring aid to hunger-hit South Sudan
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Monday it had begun delivering food aid to war-torn South Sudan via the Nile River from Sudan for the first time since it became independent in 2011, warning the country could face a “hunger catastrophe”.
UK’s royal palace guards moved behind gates on attack fears: media
LONDON (Reuters) – The soldiers who stand guard outside Britain’s royal palaces have been moved behind metal fences because of fears of a terror attack, local newspapers reported on Monday.
