Suspected gas attack on Aleppo causes deaths, injuries: hospital, rescuers
ALEPPO (Reuters) – At least four people died and many suffered breathing difficulties when a gas, believed to be chlorine, was dropped alongside barrel bombs on a neighborhood of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Wednesday, a hospital and a civil defense gr…
Libyan forces capture Sirte convention center from Islamic State
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libyan forces battling to oust Islamic State from Sirte on Wednesday captured a large convention hall complex in the city center, seizing a symbolic base where militants once held meetings and flew their black jihadist flag.
UK PM May heads to Switzerland for two-week holiday
LONDON (Reuters) – After a hectic first month in office following the June 23 Brexit vote, new Prime Minister Theresa May is off on holiday and she has chosen a country outside the European Union with close ties to the bloc – Switzerland.
Cook, bookkeeper and ‘worst of the worst’ held at Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Detainees at the Guantanamo military prison include fighters who sought to kill Americans, but also men who cooked, translated or had only tenuous militant ties but were nonetheless held for many years, according to a report rele…
Putin accuses Ukraine of trying to provoke a new conflict over Crimea
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine on Wednesday of using terrorist tactics to try to provoke a new conflict and destabilize annexed Crimea after Russia said it had thwarted two armed Ukrainian attempts to get saboteurs into the contested…
Brazil’s Senate indicts Rousseff, opens impeachment trial
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws and to begin an impeachment trial that is expected to oust her from office and end 13 years of rule by the Work…
U.S. urges Congo to allow rights activist to resume work
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday urged the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is cracking down on dissent before elections due in November, to allow a prominent rights activist to continue working in the country.
Saudi policeman killed by Yemeni expatriate: state news agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Yemeni expatriate killed a policeman in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday by running him over with his car and then stabbing him, the state news agency SPA reported.
Russia announces daily ceasefires in Syria’s Aleppo to let in aid
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday there would be daily three-hour ceasefires in Syria’s Aleppo starting Thursday to allow humanitarian convoys to enter the city safely, a proposal which the United Nations said it would consider.
Wild fires spread in southern France, four firemen injured
MARSEILLE (Reuters) – Several wild fires broke out in various parts of southern France on Wednesday, causing a major firefighting operation in which four firemen were injured, three of them seriously, the interior ministry said in a statement.
