Syria’s ‘moderate’ rebels say they need weapons, not training
JEDDAH Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – As President Barack Obama knits together an international coalition to take its campaign against Islamic State from Iraq into Syria, fighters like Ammar al-Wawi could make the difference.
An unlikely hero, Gordon Brown wrestles with Scotland’s fate
GLASGOW Scotland (Reuters) – Once mocked for claiming to have saved the world after the 2008 financial crisis, former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown may now have the fate of Scotland in his hands.
New Zealand dismisses Snowden’s claim it planned mass domestic spying
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand was preparing to conduct mass domestic surveillance last year, a U.S. investigative journalist said on Monday, five days before the country goes to the polls, provoking immediate denials from Prime Minister John Key.
New Zealand dismisses Snowden’s claim it planned mass domestic spying
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand was preparing to conduct mass domestic surveillance last year, a U.S. investigative journalist said on Monday, five days before the country goes to the polls, provoking immediate denials from Prime Minister John Key.
U.S. sees Middle East help fighting IS, Britain cautious after beheading
WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – Washington said countries in the Middle East had offered to join air strikes against Islamic State militants and Australia said it would send troops, but Britain held back even after the group beheaded a British hostage an…
Islamic militant’s death sparks eulogies in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The death of a Malaysian Islamist in Syria has sparked an outpouring of eulogies on social media, including from his former political party, underlining sympathy for the militants’ cause that is creating a security headache for…
Australia probes ‘threats’ against hospitals days after stepping up terror alert
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police were investigating “threats” on Monday against four hospitals in the city of Sydney amid reports of at least one being partially evacuated over a bomb threat, just days after the country raised its terror alert leve…
Worry, mystification in China over Scotland independence vote
BEIJING (Reuters) – As Scotland heads to the polls this week to vote on whether to become independent, one country with restive regions of its own is watching the debate unfold with nervousness and some mystification – China.
Worry, mystification in China over Scotland independence vote
BEIJING (Reuters) – As Scotland heads to the polls this week to vote on whether to become independent, one country with restive regions of its own is watching the debate unfold with nervousness and some mystification – China.
Peru’s Humala abruptly replaces his finance minister with key adviser
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s President Ollanta Humala replaced his influential finance minister with the ministry’s chief adviser late on Sunday in a surprise shake-up that comes amid the worst economic slowdown in five years.
