Turkish foreign minister says Kobani corridor for weapons, fighters unrealistic: France 24
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister said on Sunday that a corridor allowing weapons and volunteer fighters from Turkey to reach Kobani, the Syrian border town under attack from Islamic State fighters, was unrealistic.
Algerian troops kill eight in search for group behind tourist beheading: state media
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian troops killed eight suspected militants in the eastern Bouira region where they have been tracking an al Qaeda splinter group that killed a French tourist, state news agency APS reported.
Taliban in uniform storm police headquarters in north Afghan city
MAZAR-I-SHARIF Afghanistan (Reuters) – Two Taliban gunmen in police uniforms attacked the headquarters of police in Afghanistan’s major northern city Mazar-i-Sharif on Sunday, killing two and injuring at least 18 others according to local officials.
Cyclone Hudhud blasts India’s east coast, at least three dead
VISAKHAPATNAM India (Reuters) – Cyclone Hudhud blasted India’s eastern seaboard on Sunday with gusts of up to 195 kilometers an hour (over 120 mph), uprooting trees, damaging buildings and killing at least three people despite a major evacuation effort…
In Brussels, reasons to be cheerful
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Jean-Claude Juncker has come through his first big test as the European Union’s chief executive with reasons to be cheerful, even if he faces another tricky couple of weeks to get a team in place that can take office next month.
Britain sends army trainers to Iraq to help Kurdish peshmerga fighters
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Sunday it had deployed a team of army trainers to Iraq to help Kurdish peshmerga fighters maintain and use heavy machineguns against Islamic State (IS) militants.
Pistorius faces sentencing over girlfriend’s death after divisive trial
PRETORIA (Reuters) – Disgraced South African track star Oscar Pistorius returns to court on Monday to find out whether he will serve a long stretch behind bars for the negligent killing of his model girlfriend, or walk out a free man.
Swiss business, with eye on EU accords, urges dialogue on immigration
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s business elite published an appeal in a Swiss newspaper on Sunday to save the country’s accords with the European Union from unraveling due to a vote earlier this year to curb immigration from the bloc.
U.S. calls for renewed commitment to lasting Mideast peace
CAIRO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Sunday for a renewed commitment to achieving Middle East peace, saying a lasting deal between Israel, the Palestinians and all their neighbors could be achieved.
Kurds urge more air strikes in Kobani; monitor warns of defeat
MURSITPINAR Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Kurdish forces defending Kobani urged a U.S.-led coalition to escalate air strikes on Islamic State fighters who tightened their grip on the Syrian town at the border with Turkey on Saturday.
