Netanyahu calls off fistfight between Israeli, Jordanian lawmakers
JERUSALEM/AMMAN (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stopped an Israeli lawmaker from taking on a Jordanian counterpart in a fist-fight on Wednesday over a diplomatic crisis between the two neighbors.
‘No more waiting!’ Syrians stuck in Greece protest at German embassy
ATHENS (Reuters) – Syrian refugees stranded in Greece chanted “no more waiting!” and protested outside the German embassy in Athens on Wednesday against delays in reuniting with their relatives in Germany.
Go West, VP Pence tells Balkan leaders
PODGORICA (Reuters) – Vice President Mike Pence accused Russia on Wednesday of working to “destabilize” the Western Balkans and divide the region from the West where he said its future lies.
U.S. exploration firm offers to resume MH370 search, families say
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – A U.S. seabed exploration firm has offered to take on the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, families of passengers and a Malaysian government minister said on Wednesday, in a bid to solve one of the world’s greatest av…
EU says mulling ‘range of actions’ on Venezuela but sanctions unlikely now
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is considering a “whole range of actions” in response to rising tensions in Venezuela, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday after the head of the bloc’s parliament called for targeted sanctions against President Nicol…
Philippines’ Duterte calls North Korea’s Kim a ‘fool’ over nuclear ambitions
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday described North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “fool” and a “son of a bitch”, just days before Manila hosts an international meeting certain to address Pyongyang’s long-range missile …
Recent Japanese radiation mishap deemed level 2 incident
TOKYO (Reuters) – An accident at a Japanese nuclear research facility in June that exposed five workers to radiation has been initially deemed a Level 2 ‘incident’ on an international scale for radiological releases, the Nuclear Regulation Authority sa…
Islamic State attacks Syrian army east of Homs: monitors
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State militants attacked Syrian government forces and their allies in countryside east of Homs and Hama on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Embassy attack fuels fears ISIS bringing Iraq war to Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – An attack on the Iraqi embassy in Kabul has reinforced fears that Islamic State militants are seeking to bring the group’s Middle East conflict to Afghanistan, though evidence of fighters relocating from Iraq and Syria remains elusive…
Kremlin: Russian private citizens fighting for Syria’s Assad are volunteers
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Any Russian private citizens fighting with pro-government forces in Syria are volunteers and the Russian Defence Ministry has nothing to do with them, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters on Wednesday…
