How Islamic State uses Syria’s oil to fuel its advances
AMMAN (Reuters) – In an oil field in northeastern Syria, trucks line up daily to load crude sold cheaply by Islamic State militants who have hijacked parts of the country’s energy industry in their bid to build a caliphate.
Nine missing after Guinea Ebola team attacked in remote southeast
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Nine Guineans, including two journalists and several officials trying to educate the local population on the risks of Ebola, have gone missing after being attacked by stone-throwing residents, the government said on Thursday.
Death toll in West Africa Ebola epidemic reaches 2,630: WHO
LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 2,630 people have died in the worst outbreak of Ebola virus in history, which has so far infected at least 5,357 people in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
Turkey announces strategy to bolster EU accession bid
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey said on Thursday crises in the Middle East and elsewhere made closer co-operation between Ankara and the European Union essential and announced a new program to revive the country’s stalled drive for EU membership.
China separatism trial of Muslim scholar ends, verdict next week: lawyer
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s trial of a Uighur scholar on separatism charges completed its two days of evidence on Thursday, and his lawyer said a verdict in a case that has drawn international criticism might come next week.
Iran ‘Happy’ singers get suspended jail, lashes -website
DUBAI (Reuters) – Six Iranians arrested for appearing in a video singing along to the American pop song “Happy” were given suspended sentences of 91 lashes and six months in prison for obscene behavior, a news website on Thursday quoted their lawyer as…
Thai PM apologizes for bikini comment after murder of British tourists
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha apologized on Thursday for criticizing tourists who wear bikinis in Thailand, comments that sparked an international outcry following the murder of two Britons there this week.
PKK militants call on Turkish Kurds to fight Islamic State in Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish PKK rebels, who have spent three decades fighting for autonomy for Turkey’s Kurds, called on Thursday for the youth of the country’s mostly Kurdish southeast to join the fight against Islamic State militants in northern Syr…
Australian PM says police raids follow IS linked beheading plot
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Militants connected with radical group Islamic State were planning to behead a member of the public in Australia, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday, after hundreds of police raided homes in a sweeping counter-terrorism oper…
Libya’s elected parliament rejects PM’s new cabinet as oil sector takes hit
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s elected parliament has rejected the new cabinet of Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni, dealing a fresh blow to the acting premier whose government was forced to flee the capital Tripoli last month after it was taken ov…
