U.S.-led air strikes intensify as Syria conflict destabilizes Turkey
MURSITPINAR Turkey/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – American-led forces have sharply intensified air strikes in the past two days against Islamic State fighters threatening Kurds on Syria’s Turkish border after the jihadists’ advance began to destabilize Turkey.
Obama, foreign military chiefs, coordinate Islamic State plans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday told military leaders from more than 20 countries working with Washington to defeat Islamic State that he was deeply concerned about the radical group’s advances at the north Syrian town of Koban…
Tripoli’s new rulers take over Libya government, oil company websites
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – A self-declared government set up by an armed group that seized the Libyan capital in August has taken over the websites of the state administration and the national oil company, adding to confusion over who is running the co…
U.S. national shot dead in Saudi capital Riyadh
RIYADH (Reuters) – A gunman killed a U.S. national and wounded another in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Tuesday, officials said, heightening Western concerns over security in the world’s top oil exporter as regional unrest rises.
Car bomb kills 25, including lawmaker, in Shi’ite neighborhood of Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide car bombing on Tuesday killed a parliament member and 24 others in a Shi’ite neighborhood in Baghdad, according to police and medical officials, as Islamic State attacked towns in western Anbar province.
Six months after girls abducted, Nigerians protest near president’s house
ABUJA (Reuters) – Protesters demanding the release of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped six months ago by Islamist militants, demonstrated infront of the president’s home on Tuesday, urging the government to do more to free them.
Building supplies let in to Gaza as U.N. chief decries devastation
GAZA (Reuters) – Israel opened the border to the first truckloads of building materials for post-war reconstruction in Gaza on Tuesday and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called the destruction in the Palestinian enclave “beyond description”.
U.S. keeps custody of Marine suspect in Philippines murder case
MANILA (Reuters) – The United States will keep custody of a Marine suspected in the murder of a transgender Filipino he met in a bar, the head of the Philippine military said on Tuesday, and U.S. officials said a number of U.S. warships would remain in…
Ukraine acts against corruption, protests mar election run-up
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine approved sweeping laws on Tuesday to stamp out corruption and curb Soviet-era state surveillance of political life ahead of a parliamentary election its pro-Western leaders hope will push the country towards the European mainst…
Hong Kong police use sledgehammers, chainsaws to clear protest barriers, open road
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hundreds of Hong Kong police used sledgehammers and chainsaws on Tuesday to tear down barricades erected by pro-democracy protesters near government offices and the financial center, reopening a major road for the first time in tw…
