Netanyahu accuses Israeli left, media of trying to oust him
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused his leftist opponents and the country’s media on Wednesday of trying to oust his government by pressuring investigators to indict him “at any cost”.
Saudi security forces flatten old quarter of Shi’ite town
AWAMIYA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – A security campaign against Shi’ite Muslim gunmen in eastern Saudi Arabia has reduced dozens of buildings in the town of Awamiya to ruins and forced thousands of residents to flee.
Fifty African teenage migrants ‘deliberately drowned’ off Yemen: IOM
GENEVA (Reuters) – Roughly 50 teenage Somali and Ethiopian migrants were “deliberately drowned” early on Wednesday by a smuggler who forced 120 passengers into the sea off Yemen’s coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
Women recruits prepare to join Syria’s Raqqa battle
HASAKA, Syria (Reuters) – Women fighters danced to Kurdish songs in a village in northern Syria on Wednesday after completing their military training to join the battle against Islamic State.
Exclusive: U.S. envoy to U.N. will go to Vienna to review Iran nuclear activities – U.S. official
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will travel to Vienna later this month to discuss Iran’s nuclear activities with U.N. atomic watchdog officials, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, as part of Washington’s rev…
Islamic State still a threat as Mosul residents return to city in ruins
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Abu Ghazi stood smoking a cigarette outside what used to be his home in Mosul’s Old City, where only the sound of the footsteps of a few soldiers on patrol and twisted pieces of metal and fabric flapping in the wind disturb the …
U.S. sanctions eight more Venezuelan officials, including Chavez brother
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on eight more Venezuelan officials, including the brother of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, to punish them for helping President Nicolas Maduro to create a new legislati…
France’s parliament approves bill to clean up politics
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s National Assembly on Wednesday adopted a bill meant to help clean up national politics after hard-fought debates over a clause scrapping lawmakers’ constituency funds, which critics say encourage clientelism.
Italy-Malta migrant standoff ends as humanitarian boat docks in Sicily
ROME (Reuters) – Italy on Wednesday gave permission to a Spanish humanitarian organization to dock and disembark migrants in Sicily after three days of arguments with Malta over who should take in the rescued men.
Venezuela inflation quickens to 248.6 percent in year to July: opposition
CARACAS (Reuters) – Inflation in Venezuela’s crisis-hit economy quickened to 248.6 percent in the first seven months of the year, the opposition-led congress said on Wednesday in the absence of official data.
