Israel, India look past defense to broaden commercial ties
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – In the months leading up to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic visit to Israel, India signed two arms deals, spending $2.6 billion on Israeli missile defense systems.
Pro-Maduro groups burst into Venezuela congress: witnesses
CARACAS (Reuters) – Rowdy groups of government supporters burst into Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly on Wednesday, injuring several lawmakers and journalists, witnesses said.
Basic infrastructure repair in Mosul will cost over $1 billion: U.N.
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Mosul’s basic infrastructure will cost more than $1 billion to repair after the U.S.-backed Iraqi offensive to retake the city from Islamic State, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday.
Trump talks to Egypt’s Sisi, urges resolution on Qatar: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump urged a resolution to the Qatar diplomatic crisis in a telephone call on Wednesday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in which they also discussed the threat from North Korea, the White House…
Azeri woman and child killed by rebels near Nagorno-Karabakh boundary: defense ministry
BAKU/YEREVAN (Reuters) – An Azeri woman and a child were killed and another civilian was wounded by Armenian-backed rebels near the boundary with the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, Azerbaijan’s defense ministry said on Wednesday.
Russia hits Islamic State in Syria with advanced cruise missiles
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian strategic bombers fired advanced cruise missiles at Islamic State targets in Syria on Wednesday from a distance of 1,000 kilometers (621.37 miles) in a show of force Moscow said demolished three ammunition depots and a comman…
Somali militants kill 2 police during extended raid on Kenyan town
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Somali al Shabaab militants killed two police officers on Wednesday during a raid on a northeastern Kenyan town that sparked a day-long gunbattle, a police official said, the latest in a spate of militant attacks on Kenyan se…
Exclusive: Kurdish YPG militia says Turkey ‘declaring war’ in northwest Syria
QAMISHLI, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia told Reuters on Wednesday that Turkish military deployments near Kurdish-held areas of northwestern Syria amounted to a “a declaration of war”, signaling the risk of a major …
UK PM May backs hospital caring for critically ill Charlie Gard
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday she was confident the London hospital caring for a critically ill baby would consider any offers of help after his case attracted the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump and t…
Soldier dead after attack in Afghanistan: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 19-year-old American soldier has died in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province from wounds received in an attack, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
