U.S. expands Iraq campaign with strike against Islamic State near Baghdad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military struck an Islamic State target southwest of Baghdad, U.S. Central Command said on Monday, in an expansion of the Obama administration’s campaign against the militant group that has seized large swaths of Iraq an…
Iran supreme leader spurns U.S. overture to fight Islamic State
PARIS/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s supreme leader said on Monday he had personally rejected an offer from the United States for talks to fight Islamic State, an apparent blow to Washington’s efforts to build a military coalition to fight militants in both …
Hurricane Odile batters Mexico’s Baja resorts, sparks looting
CABO SAN LUCAS Mexico (Reuters) – Hurricane Odile ground its way up Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Monday, gradually losing strength after injuring dozens of people, forcing the evacuation of thousands and smashing shops open to looters in the p…
Brazil election poll shows Rousseff almost even with Silva
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is running almost even with her main rival, Marina Silva, in a likely second-round runoff in the October presidential election, a poll published on Monday showed.
U.S. to Assad: Beware of interfering with U.S. air power in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Syrian military’s air defenses would face retaliation if Syria attempted to respond to U.S. air strikes that are expected against Islamic State targets in Syria, senior U.S. officials said on Monday.
Strong typhoon disrupts business as it sweeps past Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong was hit with strong winds and heavy rain on Tuesday after the No. 8 storm signal was hoisted and expected to disrupt business across the financial hub, with the stock market likely to stay closed for at least part of the…
Turkish military weighs ‘buffer zone’ against Iraq, Syria threats: media
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s military is drawing up plans for a possible “buffer zone” on the country’s southern border, where it faces a threat from Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, Turkish media quoted President Tayyip Erdogan as saying on M…
Ghosts of ethnic conflicts past haunt Fiji vote
SYDNEY/SUVA (Reuters) – When voters in Fiji head to the polls on Wednesday for the first time in eight years, they will be voting not only for a leader, but also testing the success of one of their military junta’s key justifications: ending a history …
‘Mr. Confession’ and his boss drive China’s antitrust crusade
BEIJING (Reuters) – A signboard at the top of a staircase in the ageing Beijing offices of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) directs lawyers and company officials to numbered conference rooms for antitrust meetings.
As many as 700 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 700 people fleeing Africa and the Middle East may have drowned in shipwrecks in the Mediterranean over the last week, bringing the death toll this year to almost 3,000, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) sai…
