Obama sends U.S. military advisers to Iraq as battle rages over refinery
WASHINGTON/TIKRIT Iraq (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday he was sending up to 300 U.S. military advisers to Iraq but stressed the need for a political solution to the Iraqi crisis as government forces battled Sunni rebels for control …
Gun battle flares as Israeli soldiers seek missing teens
HEBRON West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces traded gunfire with Palestinians on Thursday, the military said, in the fiercest street battles in the occupied West Bank since a search began for three Israeli teenagers missing for a week.
Heavy rains, floods hit Bulgaria; 10 people killed
SOFIA (Reuters) – Torrential rains and floods hit Bulgaria on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, cutting off electricity, blocking roads and sparking evacuations, officials said.
Migrant exodus puts strain on ailing Thai economy
SAMUT PRAKARN Thailand (Reuters) – Lek Numthong, who supplies foreign laborers for construction sites on the fringes of the Thai capital, normally has a truckload of workers eager to make a day’s wage. But his pick-up has been all but empty for a week….
U.S. cuts aid to Uganda, cancels military exercise over anti-gay law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday cut aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and canceled a regional military exercise in response to a Ugandan law that imposes harsh penalties on homosexuality.
Ukraine rebels speak of heavy losses in battle against government troops
SIVERSK (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists were locked in fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine on Thursday and a rebel commander acknowledged big losses among separatists heavily outgunned by government forces.
Would-be bomber who caused Stockholm lock-down gives up to police
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A man who had threatened to set off explosives in the heart of Stockholm on Thursday gave himself up and was taken away by police, a spokesman said.
Nigeria says militants plan petrol lorry attacks on capital
ABUJA (Reuters) – Islamist militants are planning to attack Nigeria’s capital with bombs loaded on petrol lorries, the Nigerian government said, stoking fears of a sustained push to the south from their northern heartland.
Enigmatic Iranian military man at center of U.N. nuclear investigation
VIENNA (Reuters) – He is believed to top the list of elusive Iranian officials the U.N. nuclear watchdog wants to query. Exiled foes of the Islamic state cite him as the mastermind of clandestine efforts to design an atomic bomb. Tehran is mum about hi…
Nigeria says militants plan petrol lorry attacks on capital
ABUJA (Reuters) – Islamist militants are planning to attack Nigeria’s capital with bombs loaded on petrol lorries, the Nigerian government said, stoking fears of a sustained push to the south from their northern heartland.
