Pro-Russian rebels say withdrawing artillery in east Ukraine: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists have started pulling back artillery from positions in the southern part of their Donetsk separatist region in east Ukraine, Russian news agency Interfax quoted a separatist leader as saying on Thursday.
Rights groups condemn ‘collective justice’ after Chechnya attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Rights campaigners accused authorities in Russia’s Chechnya region of meting out “collective punishment” by burning down the homes of suspected militants in retribution for a gun attack last week.
Islamic State orders wifi cut during prayers: Syria monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State militants have ordered shopkeepers to shut down their wireless Internet during prayer times in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Thursday.
French forces in Mali kill Islamist on U.S. wanted list
PARIS (Reuters) – French forces in northern Mali have killed a senior commander of the al Mourabitoun Islamist group who was wanted by the United States, a defense ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
Warring faction chiefs in Central African Republic must be arrested: rights group
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Suspected war criminals in Central African Republic are carrying out atrocities and terrorizing people, and the United Nations and CAR government must try harder to bring them to justice, rights group Amnesty Intern…
Saudi Arabia links Dane’s shooting to Islamic State, arrests three
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has arrested three suspects in connection with the shooting of a Danish man in Riyadh last month, and investigations show it was carried out on behalf of Islamic State, an interior ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
No proof so far that NSA bugged Merkel’s phone: prosecutor
KARLSRUHE, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s top public prosecutor said an investigation into suspected tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone by U.S. spies had so far failed to find any concrete evidence.
British Airways jet lands safely at UK’s Heathrow after bang heard
LONDON (Reuters) – A British Airways aircraft landed safely back at London’s Heathrow Airport after being forced to return shortly following take-off when residents living below the flight path in southern England reported hearing a loud bang.
Al Jazeera journalist dies in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A correspondent working for Al Jazeera Arabic died while covering battles in southern Syria, the pan-Arab news network said on its website on Thursday.
Modi to Putin: Russia to stay India’s top defense partner
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told President Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Russia will remain India’s top defense supplier, even though New Delhi’s options had improved since the end of the Cold War.
