Mortar, bombing in Baghdad kill six, including four children
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A mortar attack south of Baghdad at a camp for people displaced from the war with Islamic State killed four children and a woman on Wednesday, while a separate suicide bombing in a northern district killed a policeman, security sour…
Germany bomber influenced in chat by unknown person: minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – A Syrian asylum seeker who blew himself up in the southern German town of Ansbach on Sunday was influenced by an unknown person in a chat conversation on his mobile phone, Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said on Wednesda…
Truck bomb blast kills dozens in northeast Syria city: monitors, state TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A large truck bomb blast claimed by Islamic State killed nearly 50 people and wounded scores more in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli near the Turkish border on Wednesday, a monitoring group and state television reported.
French ex-commissioner to lead EU Brexit talks, Britain cool on move
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A French politician who introduced a swathe of European financial regulation after the financial crisis was named on Wednesday to represent Brussels in negotiations on Britain’s exit from the European Union, drawing a cool response…
Indonesia says will execute 14 drug convicts this weekend
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia will execute 14 drug convicts including at least four foreigners this weekend, the attorney general said on Wednesday, stepping up a “war on drugs” that has drawn international condemnation.
Suitcase explosion in Germany probably caused by aerosol can: police
BERLIN (Reuters) – A suitcase exploded near a reception center for migrants in southern Germany, on Wednesday, but the blast may have been caused by an aerosol can inside it, and there was no evidence of explosives being involved, police said.
Fighters battling Islamic State gather trove of documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-backed forces fighting to drive Islamic State out of northern Syria have gathered a massive trove of documents and data belonging to the militant group, potentially shedding more light on its operations, a U.S. military offi…
Pope says attacks shows ‘world is at war’, religion not to blame
ABOARD PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Wednesday that a string of recent attacks, including the murder of a priest in France, was proof that the “world is at war”.
Budding priest calls troubled Mexican youth to ‘Gang of Christ’
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) – On the troubled fringes of the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, an aspiring Catholic priest is using his faith to reach out to young gang members and at-risk youth and bring them into his “Gang of Christ.”
Conspiracy theories flourish after Turkey’s failed coup
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s failed coup was financed by the CIA and directed by a retired U.S. army general using a cell in Afghanistan, said one Turkish pro-government newspaper. CIA agents used an island hotel off Istanbul as a nerve center …
