Islamic State targeted in 13 airstrikes in Iraq, Syria: joint task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies staged nine airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and four in Syria, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Saturday.
France to award Moroccan intelligence chief Legion d’honneur after row
RABAT (Reuters) – France will give its highest award, the Legion d’honneur, to the head of Morocco’s domestic intelligence, Abdellatif Hammouchi, who faces lawsuits over alleged torture.
Boko Haram militants repelled after attack on northeast Nigeria’s Gombe: source
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Heavily armed Boko Haram militants attacked the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Saturday but were later repelled, a government security source said.
Fierce fighting as Islamists attack northeast Nigeria city of Gombe
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Heavily armed Boko Haram militants attacked the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe on Saturday, fleeing residents and a security source said.
Palestinians want role in probing ‘terrorist’ killings of Chapel Hill Muslims
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The Palestinian government on Saturday condemned as “terrorism” the killings of three young Palestinian-Americans in North Carolina and called on U.S. authorities to include its investigators in the probe.
Dozens missing after Congo boat collision
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Dozens of people were missing on Saturday after a collision between two boats on the Congo River in western Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) and a local official said.
Kurds regain Syrian villages from Islamic State: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led air strikes have regained control of at least 163 villages around the Syrian town of Kobani after driving back Islamic State militants in the past three weeks, a group monitoring the conflict said on…
South Sudan calls off elections, aims to extend president’s term: government spokesman
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan has called off elections due in June and its cabinet plans to ask parliament to extend President Salva Kiir’s term, a government spokesman said, as a violent power struggle between Kiir and former vice president Riek Machar…
South Africa’s Zuma pushes ahead with curbs on foreign land rights
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Foreigners will be barred from owning land in South Africa and no individual will be able to own more than 12,000 hectares, the equivalent of two farms, under legislation currently in the works, President Jacob Zuma said on Sat…
Bomb hits pipeline from Libya’s El Sarir oilfield
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A bomb exploded at an oil pipeline from Libya’s El Sarir field to Hariga port on Saturday, halting flows to the terminal as the North African OPEC nation struggles to restore crude exports battered by fighting.
