Iraqi Kurds reinforce Kobani; U.S. planes pound Islamic State targets
BEIRUT/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Syrian Kurds welcomed the arrival in Kobani of Iraqi Kurdish fighters with their heavy weapons, hoping they might tip the balance in the battle to defend the town against Islamic State, as U.S.-led air strikes continued to b…
Islamic State kills 85 more members of Iraqi tribe
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State has executed 85 more members of the Albu Nimr tribe in Iraq, a tribal leader and security official said on Saturday, part of a mass killing campaign launched last week to break local resistance to the group’s territori…
Libya’s Tripoli airport deports 600 Egyptians
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – About 600 Egyptians have been refused entry to Libya on arrival at Tripoli’s Matiga airport due to invalid visas, an airport official said on Saturday.
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits near Tonga in South Pacific: USGS
(Reuters) – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck in the South Pacific on Saturday, 186 miles (300 km) west-northwest of Tonga, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Gunmen ambush police in northwest Kenya, at least 10 dead
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen ambushed and killed at least eight Kenyan police officers in Turkana county in the northwest of Kenya early on Saturday, with another 12 officers were feared dead, police said.
Mexico questions police over killing of three U.S. siblings
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has questioned local police over the disappearance and killing of three U.S. siblings in the troubled northeastern state of Tamaulipas, the state attorney general said on Saturday.
Funeral held for soldier killed in Quebec car attack
LONGUEUIL Quebec (Reuters) – Mourners including Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper paid respects in Quebec on Saturday at the second of two funerals for soldiers killed in attacks police said were carried out independently by radical recent convert…
French police clash with demonstrators over protester death
NANTES/TOULOUSE France (Reuters) – French riot-control officers clashed with hooded demonstrators in Nantes and Toulouse on Saturday, a week after the death of a young activist apparently killed by a police grenade.
Argentine judge asks Spain to extradite Franco-era officials
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine judge has requested that Spain arrest and extradite 20 former Spanish officials, including two ex-government ministers, suspected of human rights violations in the era of dictator Francisco Franco.
India’s Modi urges speeding up of budget preparations
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked all government departments to advance budget-related processes by three months to implement projects faster in the next fiscal year, building on his strong electoral mandate to push h…
