Four Tunisian police killed by suicide bomb blast: government
TUNIS (Reuters) – Four Tunisian policemen were killed on Wednesday when an Islamist militant detonated his explosive belt during a security forces raid on a house in the south of the country, the Interior Ministry said.
Islamic State bombs kill 80 in deadliest Baghdad attacks this year
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Three suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State across Baghdad killed at least 80 people on Wednesday, Iraqi police and hospital sources said, in the deadliest attacks in the Iraqi capital this year.
After British corruption slip, Nigeria demands stolen assets back
LONDON (Reuters) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari demanded on Wednesday that Britain return assets held there by corrupt Nigerians, pointing the finger back at London after Britain’s prime minister suggested Nigeria was “fantastically corrupt”.
Quietly, Vietnam hosts arms gathering attended by U.S. companies
HANOI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vietnam hosts a defense symposium this week attended by top American arms manufacturers, ahead of a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama and as Washington weighs whether to lift an arms embargo on its former enemy.
European rights watchdog complains about Greek migrant camps conditions
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – Urgent measures are need to address overcrowding and poor living conditions in refugee and migrant camps in Greece, Europe’s top rights watchdog warned on Wednesday.
Western Libyan forces prepare attack on Islamic State stronghold
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Forces in western Libya are preparing to advance on the city of Sirte, seized by Islamic State last year, their spokesman said, pushing ahead with plans for a counter-attack after the Islamists made territorial gains in the l…
Temporary housing first step as wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray recovers
FORT MCMURRAY/LAC LA BICHE, Alberta (Reuters) – Reconstructing Fort McMurray will be easier than first feared since much of the city’s critical infrastructure remains intact but the once booming oil town will be smaller than before, according to its mayor.
Iraq says Islamic State control shrinks to 14 percent of its territory
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq said on Wednesday its U.S.-backed military campaign against Islamic State had retaken around two-thirds of the territory seized by the militants in their lightning sweep across the country’s north and west in 2014.
Russia boosts power supplies to annexed Crimea
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw on Wednesday the launch of a fourth and final electricity line from Russia to Crimea, which will almost completely end the peninsula’s reliance on the Ukrainian grid for its power.
Dozens of terrorism suspects among refugees who entered Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – German authorities are investigating 40 cases in which Islamic militants are suspected of having entered the country with the recent flood of refugees from the Middle East, the federal police said on Wednesday.
