By Ahmed Hassan and Omar Fahmy CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s top public prosecutor died of wounds sustained in a car bomb attack on his convoy as it was leaving his home on Monday, the most senior state official killed in militant violence since the toppling of an Islamist president two years ago. Judges and other senior officials have increasingly been targeted by radical Islamists opposed to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Laila Bassam AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s foreign minister said in Moscow on Monday Russia had promised to send political, economic and military aid to his country, where the army is coming under some of the heaviest pressure since the start of the civil war. Insurgent groups have made gains against government forces in northwest, central and southern Syria in the past two months but Damascus has
By Hamid Shalizi SURKH DEWAL, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Fighters loyal to Islamic State have seized substantial territory in Afghanistan for the first time, witnesses and officials said, wresting areas in the east from rival Taliban insurgents in a new threat to stability. Witnesses who fled fighting in Nangarhar province told Reuters that hundreds of insurgents pledging allegiance to Islamic State pushed out the Taliban, scorching opium poppy fields that help
A senior U.S. official on Monday dismissed suggestions from critics that the United States would cave in to Iran to reach an agreement on curbing Iran’s nuclear program. The official said that if the United States had wanted to make huge concessions to reach a deal it could have done so long ago and that such criticism was “absurd”.
The man being held in France under suspicion of beheading his boss and trying to blow up a chemicals plant has told investigators there was no religious motivation behind the attack, a source close to the inquiry said on Monday. The source said Yassin Salhi, 35, told investigators he was not a jihadist and repeated earlier statements that he committed the act outside the southeast city of Lyon on Friday
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – Israel and the Palestinians promised on Monday to investigate alleged war crimes committed by their forces during the 2014 Gaza war, amid growing calls for an end to impunity on both sides. During an often virulent three-hour debate at the U.N. Human Rights Council, boycotted by Israel, the president of the Geneva forum rebuked envoys of Saudi Arabia and Venezuela for referring to Israel
LONDON (AP) — The Dalai Lama was met by supporters and protesters as he opened Britain’s first Buddhist community center.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Espanyol says forward Sergio Garcia is leaving the Spanish club to play in Qatar.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The latest news on Greece’s financial woes as it closes its banks and limits money withdrawals (all times local):
ROME (AP) — The Italian navy says it is has begun deep-sea operations to recover bodies from a migrant shipwreck that killed as many as 800 people.