Negotiators at Colombian peace talks to examine ceasefire
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s peace negotiators and Marxist FARC rebels will discuss a bilateral ceasefire as soon as possible, an agenda item that could lead to an end to five decades of war, Post-conflict Minister Oscar Naranjo said on Thursday.
U.S.-led forces launch 22 air strikes against militants in Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces launched 11 air strikes each in Syria and Iraq since Wednesday, targeting Islamic State fighters, equipment and buildings, the U.S. military said.
North Korea pushes Myanmar to seize pirated versions of ‘The Interview’: media
YANGON (Reuters) – – Myanmar police have begun seizing pirated copies of the film “The Interview”, a comedy about a fictional plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with media saying the move followed pressure from the North Korean embass…
China investigates senior military officials for graft amid crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – China kicked off investigations into several senior military officials on serious graft charges last year, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday, as the country works to stamp out corruption in its armed forces.
Merkel vows to protect Germany’s Jews and Muslims from extremism
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel promised on Thursday to protect Jews and Muslims living in Germany from prejudice, saying vibrant democracy was the best way to combat the sort of extremist violence that shook France last week.
Libya warplane attacked trawler carrying gasoline to Benghazi: official
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – A Libyan warplane from the internationally recognized government attacked a fishing trawler carrying gasoline to the port of Benghazi this week after suspecting it was supplying Islamist militants, a military official said o…
Divers search for bodies in fuselage of crashed AirAsia jet
PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian navy divers searched for bodies on Thursday in the fuselage of an AirAsia airliner that crashed into the sea more than two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board.
Islamic State beheads militiaman as opposition attacks mount
AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State has executed a Syrian it accused of belonging to a militant cell that ambushed its fighters and blew up its vehicles in the town of al-Mayadin near the border with Iraq, a monitoring group that tracks the conflict said o…
Man held in Belgium over possible weapons sale to Paris attacker
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian authorities have detained a man for arms dealing and are investigating whether he supplied one of the Islamist gunmen who together killed 17 people in Paris last week, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Indian army kills five militants in Kashmir gunbattle
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian soldiers killed five militants during an eight-hour gunbattle in a forest in one of the heaviest clashes in the disputed region of Kashmir in the past few months.The firefight took place in the woods around the town of Shop…
