Baghdad bridles at Turkey’s military presence, warns of ‘regional war’
BAGHDAD/ANKARA (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has warned Turkey that it risks triggering a regional war by keeping troops in Iraq, as each summoned the other’s ambassador in a growing row.
Afghan opium production increases as eradication collapses, U.N. says
VIENNA (Reuters) – Opium production in Afghanistan increased this year to one of the highest levels on record as efforts to eradicate the crop in a country that provides much of the world’s heroin collapsed, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Paris climate accord ratified, to start next month: U.N.
OSLO (Reuters) – A global agreement on climate change meant to shift the world economy from fossil fuels will come into force next month after passing a required threshold for ratification on Wednesday with backing from European nations, a U.N. website…
Pope, Anglican leader, vow joint action on poverty and environment
ROME (Reuters) – The heads of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches said on Wednesday they would work together to help the poor and protect the environment despite their unity being blocked by differences over women priests and gay marriage.
Trio wins Nobel chemistry prize for ‘world’s smallest machines’
STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) – A trio of European scientists has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing molecular machines that could one day be injected to fight cancer or used to make new types of materials and energy storage devices.
World powers pledge $15 billion for Afghanistan, EU seeks peace
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – World powers raised $15 billion for Afghanistan on Wednesday to fund the country over the next four years, while the European Union said it won support to revive a stalled peace process after almost 40 years of conflict.
Aleppo aid convoy hit by air strike: U.N. expert
GENEVA (Reuters) – Analysis of satellite imagery of a deadly attack on an aid convoy in Syria last month showed that it was an air strike, a U.N. expert said on Wednesday in remarks that were later toned down to say it was not a conclusive finding.
Tensions rise in Srebrenica as Serb takes election lead
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Police interrupted election tellers in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, site of the 1995 genocide of 8,000 Muslims, just as they were about to recount ballots in a tense vote which may bring the town its first Serb mayor since the w…
Two Brussels police stabbed in possible terrorist attack: prosecutor
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Two police officers were stabbed in Brussels on Wednesday in what prosecutors said could have been a terrorist attack.
Kenyan election commissioners quit after protests
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The commissioners of Kenya’s election oversight body resigned from their positions, the government said on Wednesday, part of an agreement to resolve a row with the opposition that led to protests and violence earlier this year.
