Syrian forces hit Islamic State in Raqqa, destroy water plant
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces struck Islamic State positions in and around the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa, residents said on Monday, part of a growing campaign against hardline militants who control a third of the country.
Israel destroys homes of Palestinians suspected of killing Israeli teens
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops on Monday demolished the homes of two Palestinians it suspects of the abduction and killing of three Israeli teenagers in the occupied West Bank in June, the army said.
British government denies report into Muslim Brotherhood delayed
(Reuters) – The British government denied on Monday a media report that it had delayed publication of an investigation into Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood because of disagreements among ministers over its findings.
Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of attacking refugee bus convoy
KIEV/BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukraine accused pro-Russian rebels on Monday of hitting a refugee convoy of buses with rocket fire near the eastern city of Luhansk, killing people trapped in the burning vehicles, but the separatists denied responsibility.
As Gaza war subsides, a battle over how it is investigated
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Even before starting work as chairman of a U.N. human rights commission investigating the Gaza war, Canadian law professor William Schabas has been vilified as an apologist for Iran incapable of setting aside his perceived anti-Is…
Russian court jails opponents of Putin on rioting charges
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Four Russians detained during a protest against President Vladimir Putin were sentenced to prison terms on Monday after a trial critics say is part of a Kremlin campaign to stifle dissent while all eyes are on the Ukraine crisis.
Japan suspect in Thai ‘baby factory’ scandal hands over DNA samples
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The lawyer of a Japanese man suspected of having fathered at least 12 babies using Thai surrogate mothers submitted DNA samples to Thai police on Monday in a bid to clear his name.
Kuwait detains Muslim cleric U.S. suspects of militant financing
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait has detained a prominent Sunni Muslim cleric less than two weeks after the United States included him on a sanctions list for allegedly funneling money to militants in Iraq and Syria, his lawyer said on Monday.
FBI assist Indonesian police in probe of American death
DENPASAR Indonesia (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is assisting Indonesian police in gathering evidence in the death of a Chicago-based woman whose body was found in a bloodied suitcase on the resort island of Bali, local police sa…
Russia says agreement reached on aid to Ukraine but not on ceasefire
BERLIN (Reuters) – Russia on Monday said all objections to it sending a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine had been resolved but said no progress had been made in Berlin talks toward a ceasefire between government and rebel forces in the east of the countr…
