Land-grab calls expose South Africa’s broken promises
NELLMAPIUS South Africa (Reuters) – To the squatters marking it up this week with sticks, rocks and strips of plastic, ‘Malema Valley’ is a little slice of South Africa they want to call home.
China identifies ‘dozens’ of Uighurs in Thailand: report
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese officials in Thailand have identified “dozens” of Uighurs from the Chinese region of Xinjiang who were rescued by Thai police from a human-smuggling camp and those confirmed from China will be sent home, a Chinese newspaper …
With new team in place, India’s Modi tightens grip on power
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Anil Swarup is just the kind of man Prime Minister Narendra Modi is relying on to fix India – a high-flying civil servant with a taste for complex policy and swift decisions.
Bomb wounds three Lebanese soldiers near Syria border: sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A bomb exploded in the Lebanese mountains close to the Syrian border on Friday, wounding three Lebanese soldiers, security sources said, the latest attack on the army in an area that has been targeted by insurgent groups from Syria.
Britain to introduce tough new foreign fighter laws
CANBERRA (Reuters) – British nationals who become foreign fighters abroad could be prevented from returning home under tough new laws to deal with jihadists fighting in conflicts like Iraq and Syria, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday….
Iraq needs 80,000 good troops to retake lost territory: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iraq will need about 80,000 effective military troops to retake the terrain it lost to Islamic State militants and restore its border with Syria, the top U.S. general said on Thursday.
Top U.S. general mulls sending advisers with Iraqi ground troops
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. general told lawmakers on Thursday he would consider sending American military advisers to accompany Iraqi troops if they advance against Islamic State militants in the difficult terrain near Mosul and the Iraqi bord…
PM Cameron plans orders to bar jihadis from returning to UK: BBC
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to announce exclusion orders aimed at barring citizens from re-entering the U.K. if they are suspected of being jihadi fighters from war-torn Iraq and Syria, the British Broadcasting Corporat…
Venezuela’s Maduro cuts prices of toys, computers in ‘Merry Christmas’ plan
CARACAS (Reuters) – In Venezuela, Christmas has begun in November.
Burkina factions, army agree on make-up of transitional authority
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Military, opposition parties, civil and religious leaders on Thursday adopted a charter creating the framework for a transitional government in Burkina Faso after a popular uprising forced longtime President Blaise Compaore from…
