Kobani’s fall would be symbolic setback for Obama Syria strategy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It’s not a particularly strategic location, the United States and its allies never pledged to defend it, and few people outside the region had even heard of it before this month.
Libya’s Ansar al-Sharia says not to move battle beyond Benghazi
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Libyan Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia hopes to seize the eastern city of Benghazi from pro-government forces in the coming days but will not try to capture other cities, its leader said in a video message.
Egypt says kills top militant leader in Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – A top leader of Egypt’s most active Islamist militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis was killed on Friday by Egyptian soldiers in the lawless north of the Sinai Peninsula, a military spokesman said on Facebook.
Brazil’s Neves would improve ties with United States: adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Brazilian presidential challenger Aecio Neves would seek to repair ties with the United States and finalize a long-delayed free-trade agreement with the European Union if he is elected in an Oct. 26 runoff, his top economic advis…
Exclusive: Somalia army weapons sold on open market – U.N. monitors
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Somali army weapons and ammunition continue to be diverted to open markets despite the government’s pledges to prevent its arms from leaking and ending up in the hands of Islamist militants, U.N. investigators said in a new r…
North Korea leader Kim is still in charge, has leg injury: source
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in firm control of his government but hurt his leg taking part in a military drill, a source with access to the secretive North’s leadership said, playing down speculation over the 31-year-ol…
Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Sanaa suicide bombings
SANAA (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s wing in Yemen on Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on Yemen’s powerful Shi’ite Houthi group that killed at least 47 people.
German captive freed in Afghanistan after two years: government
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign ministry said on Friday a German man taken captive in Pakistan two years ago was now free and in the care of German authorities in Afghanistan.
Independent Russian newspaper receives ‘extremism’ warning
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s media watchdog has accused opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta of violating anti-extremism laws and issued it with a formal warning, the paper said on Friday.
At least seven killed in stampede in anti-government protest in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed and 42 hurt in a stampede during an anti-government protest in the Pakistani city of Multan on Friday, a hospital official said.
