Russia could soon run multiple Ukraine-sized operations: U.S. general
WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) – Russia is working to develop within a few years the capability to threaten several neighbors at once on the scale of its present operation in Ukraine, a senior American general said.
Lebanon absorbs bomb shock as talks ease tensions
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A double suicide bombing at a cafe in the Lebanese city of Tripoli was meant to ignite a new round of civil strife in a country whose stability has been repeatedly strained by the war in neighboring Syria.
Pentagon to deploy 400 troops to train Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military is planning to send more than 400 soldiers to train Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State along with hundreds of U.S. support personnel, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday.
With flowers and fluent French, Kerry pays respects to France
PARIS (Reuters) – Bearing flowers and his fluent French, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry offered his condolences and “a hug” to France on Friday for the deaths from last week’s Islamist attacks.
French post office hostage-taking ends, no victims
PARIS (Reuters) – An armed man who earlier took several hostages at a post office northwest of Paris on Friday has surrendered with no one hurt, a French police official told Reuters.
Eleven more air strikes hit Islamic State in Syria, Iraq: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States led six more air strikes against Islamic State in Syria and five in Iraq since early Thursday, according to the U.S.-led military coalition.
Myanmar monks lead protest decrying U.N. envoy’s visit
YANGON (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters led by Buddhist monks rallied in Myanmar on Friday to denounce a visit by a human rights envoy of the United Nations, which has urged the government to grant citizenship to persecuted Rohingya Muslims.
Hong Kong student leaders report to police over democracy protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Four Hong Kong student leaders were released without charge on Friday after assisting police with an ongoing investigation into more than two months of pro-democracy protests that paralyzed parts of the Asia financial center.
Saudi Arabia postpones activist’s flogging: source
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has postponed Friday’s public flogging of activist and blogger Raif Badawi on medical grounds, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Pakistan bans Haqqani network after security talks with Kerry
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has outlawed the Taliban-linked Haqqani network, officials said on Friday, days after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government to fight groups that threaten Afghan, Indian and U.S….
