Pakistan protest leader Khan calls for show of strength

Saturday 16 August 2014

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan, who is leading one of two large anti-government demonstrations in the capital, has called on followers to show their strength on Sunday as he tries to force the government to resign.


Pope, in South Korea, extends another olive branch to China

HAEMI South Korea (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday extended an olive branch to China, urging the Communist Party-ruled nation which has fraught relations with the Vatican to pursue a formal dialogue to benefit both sides.















Colombia's war victims ask country to support peace talks

HAVANA (Reuters) - Victims of Colombia's 50-year-old war pleaded with peace negotiators to reach a deal and said they were willing to forgive heinous acts of cruelty, urging Colombians to unite behind the effort to end the bloodshed.


Islamic State executed 700 people from Syrian tribe: monitoring group

BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - The Islamic State militant group has executed 700 members of a tribe it has been battling in eastern Syria during the past two weeks, the majority of them civilians, a human rights monitoring group and activists said on Saturday.















Drone kills three suspected al Qaeda militants in Yemen: official

ADEN (Reuters) - A drone attack killed three suspected al Qaeda militants on Saturday in Yemen's eastern Hadramout province, a local official told Reuters.


U.S. says conducts air strikes in Iraq near Arbil and Mosul dam

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Saturday conducted air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish capital of Arbil and the Mosul dam, the U.S. Central Command said.















U.S. says conducts air strikes in Iraq near Arbil and Mosul Dam

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States conducted air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish capital of Arbil and the Mosul Dam, the U.S. Central Command said.


 

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