EU names two South Sudan military officials it sanctioned
JUBA (Reuters) – The European Union said on Friday it was imposing sanctions on Peter Gadet, a South Sudanese rebel leader who commanded an ethnic militia that massacred more than 200 civilians in April.
Putin begins Latin American tour amid Ukraine crisis
HAVANA (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a six-day tour of Latin America on Friday, seeking greater influence in the backyard of the United States while under pressure from the West to help restrain pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine….
India’s Modi accepts invitation to meet Obama
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted an invitation to meet U.S. President Barack Obama in September, as Washington seeks to court the Asian giant’s new government and revive strained relations between the world’s two l…
Thirty Ukrainian troops possibly killed in rebel missile attack: government adviser
KIEV (Reuters) – A rebel attack with Grad missiles on a Ukrainian post on the border with Russia on Friday may have killed as many as 30 soldiers and border guards and final casualties may even be higher, an interior ministry official said.
Polish parliament rejects no confidence motion in interior minister
WARSAW (Reuters) – The Polish parliament on Friday rejected a motion of no confidence in Interior Minister Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz.
Taliban debate merits of Islamic State’s caliphate announcement
WAZIRISTAN Pakistan (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban have urged Muslims to avoid extremism and remain united, a message apparently aimed at the Islamic State (ISIL), which recently declared an Islamic caliphate in territory it controls in Iraq and Syria….
Taliban hideouts revealed as Pakistan army seizes militant redoubt
MIRANSHAH PAKISTAN (Reuters) – The Pakistani Taliban have abandoned their last key stronghold and booby traps and explosives littering their hideouts now present the main danger to the soldiers who control the territory, military officials say.
Four servicemen, five miners killed in eastern Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – At least four Ukrainian servicemen and five coal miners were on Friday reported killed in the latest violence in the east of the country, where government forces are fighting pro-Russian separatists.
Former Korean ‘comfort women’ for U.S. troops sue own government
PYEONGTAEK South Korea (Reuters) – Cho Myung-ja ran away from home as a teenager to escape a father who beat her, finding her way to the red light district in a South Korean town that hosts a large U.S. Army garrison.
German police: young man set self on fire outside Libyan embassy
BERLIN (Reuters) – A young man has been seriously injured after setting himself on fire outside the Libyan embassy in Berlin, a German police spokeswoman said on Friday.
