Egypt’s constitutional court temporarily halts all verdicts on islands transfer deal: state media
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s top constitutional court has ruled to halt all verdicts on an islands transfer deal until it makes a decision on the constitutionality of the agreement, state media said on Wednesday.
Russia considering retaliatory sanctions against U.S.: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow is considering a range of retaliatory measures in response to a planned new round of U.S. sanctions to be imposed on Moscow over its role in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.
Kremlin calls U.S. statement on eastern Ukraine inappropriate
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow regards a U.S. statement linking the lifting of sanctions on Russia to its withdrawal from eastern Ukraine as inappropriate and incorrect, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
Israel would go ‘all-out’ if war breaks out again with Lebanon: air force chief
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel would use all its strength from the start in any new war with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the chief of the Israeli air force said on Wednesday, sending a firm warning a decade after their last conflict.
Four face murder charges in Hungary migrant death truck trial
KECSKEMET, Hungary (Reuters) – Four men went on trial in Hungary on Wednesday charged with murdering 71 refugees found suffocated to death in the back of a lorry at the height of Europe’s migrant crisis in 2015.
New Indonesia law to allow jailing of militant returnees
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is set to approve a law allowing authorities to jail for up to 15 years citizens coming home after joining militant groups abroad, lawmakers said on Wednesday.
Spain arrests ‘highly radicalized’ Moroccan with suicide bomb manual
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police arrested a 32-year-old Moroccan in a dawn raid in central Madrid on Tuesday who they said was “highly radicalized” and had a large collection of extreme Islamist material including a manual for suicide bombers, the gov…
Child, three adults feared dead in flooded Greenland village
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Three adults and a child are presumed dead after waves swamped a remote coastal village in northwestern Greenland over the weekend, police said.
Thousands join India’s Modi, hit the mat for International Yoga Day
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – From the deck of an aircraft carrier to the sub-zero temperatures of a Himalayan military outpost, tens of thousands of Indians joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday to celebrate the third International Yoga Day.
Iraqi forces advance on Mosul mosque where IS declared caliphate
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Wednesday began a push towards the mosque in Mosul where Islamic State declared a self-styled caliphate three years ago, military officials said.
