In al Qaeda attack, lines between Pakistan military, militants blur
KARACHI Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Months after Owais Jakhrani was sacked from the Pakistan navy for radical Islamist views, he led an audacious mission to take over a warship and turn its guns on a U.S. naval vessel in the open seas.
Kurds seize Iraq/Syria border post; Sunni tribe joins fight against Islamic State
ARBIL Iraq/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish troops drove Islamic State fighters from a strategic border crossing with Syria on Tuesday and won the support of members of a major Sunni tribe, in one of the biggest successes since U.S. forces …
Obama, Modi work to deepen improving U.S.-India ties
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on Tuesday to deepen U.S.-Indian cooperation on maritime security to ensure freedom of navigation in what amounts to a response to China’s naval muscle-fl…
Avalanche in southern Chile kills Canadian, Swedish climbers
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – An avalanche along the remote southern border of Chile and Argentina has killed two mountain climbers, one from Canada and one from Sweden, Chilean police said on Tuesday.
Special Report: Islamic State uses grain to tighten grip in Iraq
SHEKHAN Iraq (Reuters) – For Salah Paulis, it came down to a choice between his faith and his crop.
U.S. warns South Sudan: Strike a peace deal or face U.N. sanctions
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States warned South Sudan’s president and rebel leader on Tuesday to engage in serious peace talks to end nearly a year of violence in the world’s newest state or face United Nations sanctions.
Catalonia suspends formal campaign on Spain independence vote
MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) – Catalonia’s regional government said on Tuesday it would temporarily suspend campaigning for a vote on independence from Spain, after Madrid filed a legal block to the referendum.
U.S. says wants Syria’s Assad out despite focus on Islamic State
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States is focusing its efforts on defeating Islamic State militants wreaking havoc in Iraq and Syria but has not changed its position that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must go, the U.S. envoy to the United Nati…
Eurocontrol seeks more info sharing for airspace safety
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Europe’s air-traffic control organization on Tuesday fleshed out a plan for countries to share non-public intelligence in conflict zones to help airlines avert tragedies such as the one that claimed 298 lives over Ukraine in July…
Wave of attacks in Shi’ite parts of Baghdad kill 35
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least 35 people were killed in a wave of car bomb and mortar attacks in mainly Shi’ite Muslim districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, Iraqi police and medical sources said.
