Islamic State fighters redeploy in west Mosul after Iraqi forces take east
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters have taken up sniper positions in buildings on the west bank of the Tigris river ahead of an expected government offensive into that side the city, locals said on Wednesday.
U.S. Congress member met with Assad in Syria, discussed peace: CNN
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard said on Wednesday she met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Syria and discussed the possibility of achieving peace.
Hamon more convincing in TV debate before French Socialist primary: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Hardline French Socialist Benoit Hamon was seen as more convincing in a television debate on Wednesday with ex-Prime Minister Manuel Valls ahead of a runoff vote at the weekend to pick the party’s presidential candidate, an Elabe poll…
Israeli troops shoot Palestinian driver who rammed West Bank bus stop
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian motorist who drove his car into a bus stop near a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Israeli army said.
Jihadists crush Syria rebel group, in a blow to diplomacy
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A powerful jihadist group has crushed a Free Syrian Army rebel faction in northwestern Syria, in an attack that threatens to deal a critical blow to the more moderate wing of the Syrian rebellion and derail new Russian-backed peace t…
Nigerian government denies President Buhari is unwell
ABUJA (Reuters) – The Nigerian government said on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari is in good health, urging people to disregard what it said were false and subversive messages on social media after he traveled to Britain last week for medical…
Britain to publish Article 50 bill as May agrees to set out Brexit plan
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it would publish legislation on Thursday seeking parliament’s approval to begin formal divorce talks with the European Union as Prime Minister Theresa May agreed to lawmakers’ demands to publish her Brexit plan.
Italian court ruling paves way for possible 2017 election
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s constitutional court on Wednesday threw out aspects of an electoral law approved by former prime minister Matteo Renzi but presented a reworked version that can be used immediately, raising the chance of early elections this ye…
Alarmed by Trump plans, some refugees see growing enmity in U.S.
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Nur Hasan al Faraj’s already slim hopes of a new life in the United States have all but died since she heard that President Donald Trump would temporarily ban refugees coming from some Muslim states.
Peru says Odebrecht scandal eclipses graft in Fujimori government
LIMA (Reuters) – A scandal involving bribes Brazil’s Odebrecht distributed in Peru during three presidencies is shaping up to be bigger than the massive graft case that toppled former leader Alberto Fujimori, the country’s attorney general said on Wedn…
