Suspected U.S. drone strike kills al Qaeda militants in Yemen
ADEN (Reuters) – A suspected U.S. drone strike on a car in Yemen killed three men believed to be al Qaeda militants on Saturday and possibly another drone crashed in a different part of the country, residents said.
Exclusive: FBI says it had no prior knowledge of deadly Philippine raid targeting militants
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI had no prior knowledge of a police raid in the Philippines last Sunday to arrest wanted militants that went awry and left 44 police dead, an FBI spokesman told Reuters on Saturday.
U.S. general says Syrian town of Kobani taken from Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kurdish ground forces, helped by U.S. and allied air support, have retaken the Syrian town of Kobani from Islamic State militants, U.S. Lieutenant-General James Terry said on Saturday.
Chile’s Bachelet takes on conservatives with plan to ease abortion ban
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s president, Michelle Bachelet, unveiled plans on Saturday to ease a complete ban on abortions in the socially conservative South American country.
Iraq’s PM pledges hard line against alleged militia abuses
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s prime minister blamed “criminals” on Saturday for alleged mass executions, following reports that dozens of civilians were killed by Shi’ite militias in Diyala province.
U.S. general says Syrian town of Kobani taken from Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kurdish ground forces, helped by U.S. and allied air support, have retaken the Syrian town of Kobani from Islamic State militants, U.S. Lieutenant-General James Terry said on Saturday.
Plastics factory fire kills 13 people in Bangladesh capital
DHAKA (Reuters) – At least 13 people including two women were killed when a fire swept through a plastics factory in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Saturday, police said.
Italy elects senior judge Sergio Mattarella as president
ROME (Reuters) – Italian lawmakers elected Sergio Mattarella, a constitutional court judge and veteran center-left politician, as president on Saturday, handing a welcome political victory to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Kurds retake oil facility in north Iraq, 15 workers still missing
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) – Kurdish peshmerga forces retook a small crude oil station near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk which Islamic State insurgents seized earlier on Saturday, but the fate of 15 employees remained unclear.
Palestinians in Syria cut off from aid once more: U.N.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of longtime Palestinian refugees in a camp on the outskirts of the Syrian capital have been cut off from United Nations emergency aid for nearly two months by armed groups that are preventing access, a U.N. official…
