U.S.-led mission in Afghanistan ends combat role; thousands of foreign troops remain
KABUL (Reuters) – The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan formally ended its combat mission on Sunday, more than 13 years after an international alliance ousted the Taliban government for sheltering the planners of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on American …
Crude bomb blast kills woman in India’s high-tech capital
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A crude bomb exploded outside a busy restaurant in India’s high-tech capital of Bengaluru on Sunday, killing a woman and wounding a man, police said.
Six feared dead after merchant ships collide off Italy
ROME (Reuters) – Two people drowned and four were missing at sea and feared dead after two merchant ships collided in rough seas off the Italian coast on Sunday, Italian officials said.
Ex-minister blames Merkel for rise of anti-immigrant groups
BERLIN (Reuters) – A former cabinet minister and member of Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc blamed Germany’s chancellor on Sunday for steering a course that has strengthened the eurosceptic AfD party and a new anti-immigrant grass-roots movement.
Iranian general killed by sniper bullet in embattled Iraqi city
DUBAI (Reuters) – A sniper killed an Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander who was training Iraqi troops and Shi’ite militia fighting Islamic State (IS) militants in the Iraqi city of Samarra, official Iranian media reported on Sunday.
Islamic State executed nearly 2,000 people in six months: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Islamic State militant group has killed 1,878 people in Syria during the past six months, the majority of them civilians, a British-based Syrian monitoring organization said on Sunday.
Egypt reduces sentences for 23 young activists for protesting: sources
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian appeals court reduced the jail terms on Sunday for 23 young activists convicted of violating a law banning protests without a permit, judicial sources said.
U.S.-led forces launch 13 air strikes in Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces on Sunday conducted eight air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and five strikes on IS targets in Iraq, the U.S. military said in a statement.
Hamas bars Gaza youths bereaved in war from visiting Israel
ISRAEL-GAZA BORDER (Reuters) – Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip prevented on Sunday a group of Palestinian children who lost parents in the July-August war with Israel from making a rare goodwill visit to the Jewish state, organizers of the trip sai…
Russia must influence separatists to end Ukraine crisis, says Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to the Russian government on Sunday to use its influence on separatists in eastern Ukraine to implement a ceasefire plan agreed in Minsk in September aimed at ending the conflict.
