UK PM Cameron says EU referendum turnout is greatest concern for ‘In’
ISE-SHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Those fighting for Britain to remain in the European Union are making good progress but getting young people to register and turn out to vote is the ‘In’ camp’s greatest concern, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesd…
Guinean sailors arrested after clash with Sierra Leone navy
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone was holding 11 Guineans including military personnel in custody on Wednesday following a confrontation at sea involving the two West African neighbors’ navies, Sierra Leonean officials said.
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Islamic State claims fatal stabbing of Bangladeshi Hindu: monitor SITE
DHAKA (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed responsibility for stabbing an elderly Hindu businessman to death in Bangladesh, monitoring service SITE said on Wednesday, in what would be the second killing by the militant group in the country in less than a …
Israel’s new defense chief jokes about curbing his fiery nature
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – In first remarks as Israel’s designated defense minister, right-wing settler Avigdor Lieberman joked about his fiery reputation: “I have undergone surgery to lengthen my fuse.”
Japan PM protests Okinawa crime to Obama, who promises cooperation
ISE-SHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe protested to U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday about the killing of a young woman in Okinawa which has reignited resentment of the heavy U.S. military presence on the southern Japan…
Top Shi’ite cleric urges restraint in assault on Iraq’s Falluja
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric urged government and allied Shi’ite militia forces fighting to retake Falluja from Islamic State militants to spare trapped civilians amid reports of a budding humanitarian crisis in the city.
Car bomb kills three security force members in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish region
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – A car bomb attack on a gendarmes station in Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast killed three members of the security forces and wounded three others on Wednesday, Interior Ministry officials said.
Belgian police detain four on suspicion of belonging to terrorist group
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian police searched houses in the city of Antwerp on Wednesday and detained four people on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist group and trying to drum up recruits to fight with Islamist militants in Syria or Libya, state pro…
Alberta wildfire singes companies beyond energy sector
TORONTO/MONTREAL (Reuters) – The wildfire that has ravaged northern Alberta and cut Canadian crude output by 25 percent is set to crimp corporate earnings beyond the oil patch, especially hitting the rail and hospitality sectors.
