Taliban kill 14 police in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says Taliban insurgents have shot dead at least 14 police officers in the southern Helmand province.
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Greek bailout details pored over across Europe
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Details of Greece’s latest bailout package were being pored over across Europe on Wednesday as Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras insisted the agreement with creditors would put “a definitive end” to the country’s economic uncertainty.
Greece, lenders clinch bailout deal after marathon talks
By George Georgiopoulos and Michele Kambas ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece and its international lenders reached a multi-billion euro bailout agreement on Tuesday after talking through the night, officials said, potentially saving the country from financial ruin. The agreement, reached after a 23-hour session of talks, must still be adopted by Greece’s parliament and euro zone countries. The single currency bloc’s finance ministers are due to meet on Friday, giving time
Blast kills around 50 in Nigeria's Borno state: military
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A blast at a market in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state killed at least 47 people and injured another 52, a military source and a civilian joint task force member said on Tuesday. The explosion, in a region where hundreds of people have been killed in attacks by suspected members of militant Islamist group Boko Haram in the last few weeks, struck the town of Sabon Gari
Russia says 'early details' of plan to fight Islamic State start to emerge
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday “early details” of how to coordinate international efforts to fight Islamic States have started to emerge. Lavrov was speaking at a joint news conference with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir. He said Moscow and Riyadh agreed that international players should join ranks to counter the Sunni jihadists who control swathes of Syria and Iraq. (Reporting by Katya Golubkova, Writing
Islamic State attacks Syrian rebels near Turkish border
Islamic State has launched a new offensive against Syrian rebels north of Aleppo, gaining ground near the Turkish-Syrian border in an area where Turkey and the United States aim to create an area free of the jihadist group. Dozens of combatants have been reported killed on both sides during fighting in and around the town of Marea, 20 km (12 miles) south of the border with Turkey, where Islamic State
Russia, Saudis fail in talks to agree on fate of Syria's Assad
By Katya Golubkova and Gabriela Baczynska MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Saudi Arabia failed in talks on Tuesday to overcome their differences on the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a central dispute in Syria’s civil war that shows no sign of abating despite renewed diplomacy. Russia is pushing for a coalition to fight Islamic State insurgents — who have seized swathes of northern and eastern Syria — that would
Turkish air strikes hit 17 Kurdish militant targets, military says
By Ece Toksabay and and Seymus Cakan ANKARA/DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes hit 17 Kurdish militant targets in the southeastern province of Hakkari on Monday and Tuesday, the military said, as it ratchets up an offensive against the insurgents. Turkey has been buffeted by increased fighting between its military and the outlawed Kurdistan People’s Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency for greater Kurdish autonomy. On Tuesday, the PKK
US stocks, oil prices sink after China currency move
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are moving lower, led by declines in energy and materials stocks as commodities prices drop.
U.S. consulate in Turkey targeted as wave of attacks kills nine
By Yesim Dikmen and Seyhmus Cakan ISTANBUL/DIYABAKIR (Reuters) – Two women shot at the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Monday and at least eight people were killed in a wave of separate attacks on Turkish security forces, weeks after Ankara launched a crackdown on Islamic State, Kurdish and far-left militants. The NATO member has been in a heightened state of alert since starting its “synchronized war on terror” last month,