Female suicide bomber wounds eight in Turkish city of Bursa
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A female suicide bomber wounded eight people when she blew herself up near the main mosque in the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa on Wednesday, officials said, the fifth suicide bombing in a major urban center this year.
Pakistan says has taken steps to root out militants in Waziristan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has done its best to root out militants from the Waziristan region, its foreign secretary said on Wednesday, after Afghanistan called for its neighbor to act against the Taliban and other groups aligned to the militants.
Kurds, Shi’ites agree to withdraw forces from north Iraq town after clashes
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Senior Kurdish and Shi’ite Muslim leaders agreed on Wednesday to withdraw their forces from a northern Iraqi town in a bid to end violence that has killed more than 10 people in recent days.
Burkina Faso president says criminal charges possible after audit
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s president said there may be criminal charges after an audit found the transitional government had improperly awarded land to government members and their families, and misspent $11 million.
Parties in struggling Syria talks unclear on date of next round
MOSCOW/GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Wednesday no date had been set for the next round of Syria peace talks, contradicting a report quoting Russia’s deputy foreign minister as saying talks would resume in Geneva on May 10.
Spaniards dismayed by prospect of repeat polls as business fears grow
MADRID (Reuters) – Spaniards expressed dismay on Wednesday at the failure of their politicians to form a coalition government after four months of haggling, forcing new elections that opinion polls suggest may not break the deadlock.
Procedure to extradite Ukraine’s Savchenko from Russia started: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A procedure to extradite jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko from Russia has been started, RIA news agency quoted her lawyer as saying on Wednesday.
German government gives no answers for spy chief’s exit
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s government refused on Wednesday to explain the sudden removal of Germany’s spy chief, a surprise move which catapulted the BND intelligence service back into the headlines after a series of scandals that embarrassed t…
Jakarta to sink without scandal-mired construction project, says president
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday that large parts of the nation’s capital will sink below sea level if a $40 billion construction project, mired by accusations of corruption, does not go ahead.
Iraqi army makes modest advance south of Mosul
MAKHMOUR, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqis armed forces backed by U.S.-led coalition air power captured a village in Nineveh province from Islamic State on Wednesday, the first advance on the northern front since the offensive was paused three weeks ago.
