Turkey says it’s not ‘declaring war’ in Syria, but ready to respond
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish military preparations in northwest Syria are legitimate measures against a threat from Kurdish forces in the Afrin region, and Turkey will retaliate against any hostile move, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told Reuters…
Tillerson to visit Ukraine, Turkey next week after G20
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Ukraine and Turkey next week after he accompanies President Donald Trump to the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, the State Department said on Wednesday.
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 …
