New famine fears loom in Yemen
LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) – Intensive care wards in Yemen’s hospitals are filled with emaciated children hooked up to monitors and drips – victims of food shortages that could get even worse due to a reorganization of the central bank that is worrying imp…
Islamic State claims responsibility for U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an explosion that killed a U.S. service member in Afghanistan on Tuesday, the organization’s Amaq news agency said.
Aleppo will eventually fall, but Syrian war will go on
BEIRUT (Reuters) – It may take weeks or months, but Aleppo is likely to fall to Syrian government forces backed by Russian air power and the most lethal bombardment in nearly six years of war.
Two Russian missile corvettes head to Mediterranean: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two missile corvettes of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet have left their base in Sevastopol to reinforce Russia’s group of warships in the Mediterranean, RIA news agency quoted a Black Sea Fleet spokesman as saying on Wednesday.
Iran tells Saudi navy vessels to avoid Iranian waters: Tasnim
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) warned Saudi naval vessels taking part in military exercises in the Gulf on Wednesday not to get close to Iranian waters.
Turkey detains 55 military, intelligence personnel over attempted coup: media
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey detained 55 military and intelligence agency personnel on Wednesday over suspected links with U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen and his network, accused by Ankara of orchestrating a failed coup in July, media reports said.
Hungary welcomes wealthy Chinese despite migrant hostility
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Prime Minister Viktor Orban is known for his outspoken hostility to migrants and has built a razor-wire border fence to keep them out, but he has also quietly opened Hungary’s doors to foreigners rich enough to pay to live in the c…
Residents flee as Afghan troops battle Taliban in city of Kunduz
KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of residents have fled or face deteriorating conditions as fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants entered its third day in the embattled northern city of Kunduz, officials said on Wednesday.
Turkish troops clash with Islamic State in Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s army said it clashed with Islamic State over the border in Syria, leaving one soldier and 23 militants dead, as Ankara stepped up an operation to clear fighters from the war-torn zone.
Diver killed by stingray at Singapore aquarium
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A diver has died after being stung in the chest by a stingray at a Singapore aquarium, the aquarium’s owner said on Wednesday.
