U.S. troops to remain in Baltics, Poland next year
VILNIUS (Reuters) – The United States will keep troops in Poland and the Baltic states for at least the next year as tensions with Russia remain, the commander of U.S. land forces in Europe said on Sunday.
Tunisia’s Essebsi’s party says he’s ahead in presidential vote count
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian presidential candidate Beji Caid Essebsi’s campaign manager told reporters he was ahead in Sunday’s election by at least 10 points, according to his own party’s initial results.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian along Gazan border: Palestinian ministry
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip near the border with Israel on Sunday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, the first such fatality since a 50-day war ended in August.
Thai king meets PM, ministers easing health concerns
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej met the country’s prime minister and two other ministers on Sunday, helping to ease concern over his health after he was admitted to hospital last month.
Dutch complete recovery of MH17 wreckage: government
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A week long operation to clear the wreckage from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine has been completed, the Dutch government said on Sunday.
Fighters from Syrian al Qaeda wing close in on Shi’ite village
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Members of al Qaeda’s Nusra Front and other Sunni Islamists seized an area south of a Shi’ite Muslim village in north Syria on Sunday after clashes with pro-government fighters, opposition activists said.
Growing UK concern about ‘lone wolf’ terrorist attacks: top policeman
LONDON (Reuters) – Law enforcement authorities in Britain are increasingly worried about the risk of a “lone wolf”-style militant attack and have foiled four or five plots this year, London’s top police officer said on Sunday.
Israel charges cop with manslaughter in Palestinian youth’s death
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel charged a policeman on Sunday in the fatal shooting of a teenage Palestinian protester, accusing him of deliberately switching his rubber bullets for the live round that killed the youth.
Iraqi Kurds prepare Sinjar mountain offensive
ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Kurdish forces in northern Iraq are drawing up plans to break Islamic State’s siege of Sinjar mountain, where hundreds of minority Yazidis remain stranded months after fleeing their homes.
Over 800 sea-borne migrants saved in Italy, northern Cyprus
ROME/NICOSIA (Reuters) – Italy’s coastguard said it has rescued more than 600 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and North Africa this weekend and started a search for one man feared drowned during the passage.
