German police seize Nazi-era weapons man said to have found with detector
German police said on Wednesday they had seized about 100 Nazi-era rifles, over a dozen grenades and other munitions components from a German man who is suspected of violating gun laws by planning to clean the weapons and sell them.
U.S. Christian pastor leaves Turkish prison after court ruling
A U.S. Christian pastor on trial in Turkey on terrorism charges left prison on Wednesday after a court ruled he should be transferred to house arrest, a step that could help reduce tension between the NATO allies.
Pakistan locked in tight election between ex-cricketer and jailed ex-PM’s party
Pakistan was locked in a close and tense election race on Wednesday, pitting cricket hero Imran Khan against the party of jailed ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a process marred by a suicide bomb that killed 31 people near a polling station.
U.N. rights experts press Russia on torture cases, deaths in custody
U.N. human rights experts urged Russian officials on Wednesday to prosecute alleged widespread cases of torture including beatings, electric shocks or burial in snow at labor camps in Siberia.
Xi urges fellow BRICS countries to reject go-it-alone trade
Chinese President Xi Jinping said there would be no winner in a global trade war, urging fellow developing powers on Wednesday to reject unilateralism in the wake of tariff threats by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Bannon’s EU project eyes government allies
Steve Bannon’s new campaign to undermine the European Union aims not only to build support in the EU parliament in elections next May but to forge a bloc of eurosceptic governments to influence EU leaders’ summits.
Lebanon’s Hariri says optimistic on government formation
Lebanon’s prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said on Wednesday he was more optimistic than before that a new government would be formed.
Landslides, floods kill five children in southeastern Bangladesh
Heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding in southeastern Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing five children and forcing a thousand people to relocate, including in the Rohingya refugee camps.
South Sudan government, main opposition group initial peace deal: witnesses
South Sudan’s government and the main rebel group inked a peace deal in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Wednesday which they hope will end years of conflict, witnesses said, but smaller opposition groups have refrained from signing.
No evidence Islamic State responsible for Toronto attack: police
Canadian police said on Wednesday that they had no evidence so far to support claims by the Islamic State militant group that it was responsible for a weekend shooting in Toronto that left two people dead and 13 wounded.
