Turkey struggles with spillover as Syrian Kurds battle Islamic State
MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) – Syrian Kurds battled to defend a key border town from an Islamic State advance on Monday as Kurdish youths from neighboring Turkey rushed to their aid, heightening the pressure on Ankara to act against the Islamist insurg…
South Sudan’s warring sides told to stop stalling
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The chief mediator at South Sudan’s peace talks in Ethiopia told the warring factions on Monday to stop stalling with procedural issues and said neither side could win on the battle field.
Houthis tighten grip on Yemen capital after swift capture, power-sharing deal
SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s Shi’ite Houthi fighters tightened their grip on the capital Sanaa on Monday after seizing much of the city in a lightning advance and signing an overnight deal to win a share of power, capping a decade-long guerrilla uprising….
Islamic State urges attacks on U.S., French citizens, taunts Obama
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State urged its followers on Monday to attack citizens of the United States, France and other countries which have joined a coalition to destroy the ultra-radical group.
Shots fired at Nairobi mall rattle Kenyans a year after Westgate
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Guards fired shots in the air after a driver lost control of his vehicle at a Nairobi mall on Monday when he suffered a seizure, the mall reported, rattling Kenyans still nervous a year after Islamist gunmen attacked another shoppin…
British PM Cameron tries to quell party revolt over new powers for Scotland
MANCHESTER England (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron tried to head off a rebellion in his Conservative party over a promise of new powers for Scotland, highlighting the difficulty of giving Scots what they want after last week’s referend…
Ukrainians to pull back big guns from front line with separatists
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Monday it was pulling back artillery and heavy armor from the front line with separatists, backing President Petro Poroshenko’s peace plan for a conflict that has cost more than 3,000 lives.
Valls tells Germans France isn’t EU’s ‘sick child’
BERLIN (Reuters) – France’s Manuel Valls used his first visit to Berlin as prime minister on Monday to try to convince Germany his government is serious about making its economy more competitive, declaring that France “is not the sick child of Europe”….
Accidental blast at Libya army base kills 11 – source
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed by an accidental blast at a Libyan military base in the eastern city of Al Bayda, a security source said on Monday.
Ivory Coast deal may seal Ouattara’s reelection, fuel uncertainty
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – An endorsement from Ivory Coast’s influential former leader Henri Konan Bedie has cleared President Alassane Ouattara’s path to reelection next year but fuels uncertainty over the booming nation’s longer-term future.
