Iraqi forces begin house-by-house fight for last IS holdout at Tal Afar
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Hundreds of additional troops were sent into al-‘Ayadiya on Wednesday, as Iraqi forces came under increasing pressure to clear Islamic State fighters from their final position in the group’s former stronghold of Tal Afar, military o…
German and don’t know who to vote for? Ask the Vote-O-Meter
BERLIN (Reuters) – Three weeks before Germany’s election and with at least one poll suggesting nearly half of all voters don’t know what they will do, the government has unveiled an updated online tool to help them decide.
U.S. troops risk inflaming clan conflict after deadly Somalia raid
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A raid involving U.S. troops in Somalia has caused a rift between the precarious U.S.-backed government and a powerful clan that says innocent farmers were massacred, months after President Donald Trump approved stepped-up operati…
At least 11 Afghan civilians killed in air strike, local official says
KABUL (Reuters) – At least 11 Afghan civilians were killed and 16 wounded on Wednesday when a NATO helicopter attacked a house where Taliban insurgents had taken shelter in Logar province, east of the capital, Kabul, the local governor said.
U.S.-led jets strike in Syria to block Islamic State evacuation deal
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-led warplanes on Wednesday blocked a convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families from reaching territory the group holds in eastern Syria and struck some of their comrades traveling to meet them, a coalition spokesman sa…
U.S. send extra fighters to police Baltic skies during Russian exercise
SIAULIAI AIR BASE (Reuters) – The United States has sent a reinforced detachment of fighter planes to police the skies over NATO members Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia during a major Russian military exercise in the Baltic region next month.
Qatar says no sign Arab states willing to negotiate over boycott
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that his country was willing to negotiate an end to a Gulf diplomatic rift but had seen no sign that Saudi Arabia and other countries imposing sanctions on Doha were open to mediation.
U.N. chief urges end to Palestinian feuding amid energy crisis
GAZA (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday for an end to Palestinian political divisions that have deepened an energy crisis in the isolated enclave of two million people.
Russian state TV says one of its reporters abducted in Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s main state TV channel said on Wednesday that one of its reporters had been abducted in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
Kremlin says got Trump adviser email about tower project but ignored it
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman confirmed on Wednesday he had received an email in January last year from an adviser to Donald Trump about a Moscow real estate project, but said he had neither replied nor discussed it wi…
