Warplanes mount fresh airstrikes in Idlib area: Syrian Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Warplanes mounted five air strikes on Wednesday in a rebel-held area of northwestern Syria where dozens of people were killed the day before in a suspected chemical attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Islamic State kills 31 in Iraq’s Tikrit: security sources, medics
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – At least 31 people were killed, including 14 police officers, and more than 40 wounded in attacks overnight by Islamic State militants in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit, security and medical sources said on Wednesday.
One person dead after quake strikes near Iran’s Mashhad
LONDON (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck northeast Iran on Wednesday near the holy city of Mashhad, leaving at least one person dead and several injured.
Trust ratings of Philippines’ Duterte fall slightly, poll shows
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s trust ratings declined slightly in an opinion poll in the first three months this year, crimped by what political analysts call his deadly war on drugs that killed poor slum dwellers.
May suggests free movement could continue during Brexit implementation: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May has not ruled out allowing the free movement of people between Britain and the European Union during “an implementation phase” after Britain leaves the bloc, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
Blast in Pakistani city of Lahore kills at least six
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on army personnel that killed at least six people and wounded 18 in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday.
Ex-Cyclone Debbie wreaks havoc in New Zealand
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Widespread flooding blocked roads, closed schools and forced hundreds of people to evacuate across New Zealand’s North Island on Wednesday, as the tail-end of powerful Cyclone Debbie brought intense rainfall.
Taiwan to build eight submarines under indigenous shipbuilding project
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan plans to build eight submarines to bolster its current fleet of four aging foreign-built vessels, a senior Taiwanese navy official said on Wednesday.
In Iraq, Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, upbeat on Mosul
QAYYARA WEST AIRFIELD, Iraq (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, voiced optimism about the long-term U.S. alliance with Iraq’s military and its campaign to retake Mosul from Islamic State on Tuesday, as he visited a base abou…
North Korea test-fires missile into sea ahead of Trump-Xi summit
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, ahead of a summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders who are set to discuss Pyongyang’s increasingly defiant arms prog…
