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.
German government spokesman: Merkel and Putin may meet on sidelines of World Cup Final
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel may hold brief talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin when both attend the soccer World Cup final in Brazil on Sunday, Merkel’s spokesman said on Friday.
Philippines arrests Australian over ties to militant group ISIS
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Friday arrested an Australian national with suspected links to foreign Islamist militants after he urged Philippine Muslims on social media sites to support conflicts in Iraq and Syria, recruiting them to go to the…
Gas explosion kills one, injures 30 in western Turkish city
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A gas explosion killed one person and injured more than 30 on a busy square in the western Turkish city of Denizli early on Friday, the country’s disaster management agency said.
Britain ‘seriously concerned’ over Hong Kong press freedom
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A British government report on Hong Kong expresses “serious concerns” about press freedom and self-censorship in its former colony and about reports that leading British banks had pulled advertising from a local pro-democracy news…
China’s Xi to visit Greece on way to South America
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping will stop off in Greece on his way to South America next week, the government said on Friday, the second high-level visit to the southern European country in a month.
