Russian-Germans in focus amid fears of Moscow propaganda
PFORZHEIM, Germany (Reuters) – German political parties campaigning for elections next month are competing to attract 2 million voters with roots in the former Soviet Union, amid concerns that Russian propaganda could sway votes in the community.
Kenyan opposition leader will go to Supreme Court over disputed election
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Wednesday he would challenge last week’s presidential election result in court, calming fears that further street protests by his supporters might lead to widespread violence.
New life amid the ruins of Mosul’s maternity hospital
MOSUL (Reuters) – As yet unnamed twin babies lie in an incubator in a run-down room in Mosul’s main maternity hospital. Less than two weeks old, they are two of seven newborns crammed into a makeshift premature baby ward.
Grace Mugabe seeks diplomatic immunity in South African assault case
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe has sought diplomatic immunity in South Africa, where she is under investigation over the assault of a 20-year-old model in an upmarket hotel, South African police said on Wednesday.
U.S. sanctions Kashmiri militant group Hizbul Mujahideen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday said it had sanctioned Hizbul Mujahideen, the largest of the anti-Indian Kashmiri militant groups engaged in conflict in the divided Himalayan territory between Pakistan and India.
UK police arrest man over model kidnapped in Italy
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Wednesday they had arrested the brother of a man suspected of abducting a British model in Milan and threatening to auction her online unless a ransom was paid.
With a wary eye on Iran, Saudi and Iraqi leaders draw closer
BAGHDAD/DUBAI (Reuters) – It was an unusual meeting: An Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim cleric openly hostile to the United States sat in a palace sipping juice at the invitation of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, the Sunni kingdom that is Washington’s main all…
Arab fighters struggle to assert role in Raqqa assault
RAQQA, Syria (Reuters) – The inexperienced fighters in an Arab group battling to take Raqqa back from Islamic State are playing a secondary role to hardened Kurdish militia in the campaign for their home city.
China urges India to protect peace after border altercation
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday urged India to protect the peace and stability of their border after Indian sources said soldiers of the two Asian giants were involved in an altercation in the western Himalayas.
Philippine police kills 32 in drugs war’s bloodiest day
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine police killed 32 people in dozens of anti-drug operations in a province north of the capital, Manila, in the single deadliest day of President Rodrigo Duterte’s unrelenting war on drugs.
