France puts two Paris attack suspects under formal investigation
PARIS (Reuters) – French magistrates on Wednesday put under formal investigation two men suspected of helping the main surviving suspect of the attacks that killed 130 people in Paris last November, a judicial source said.
Al Qaeda claims attack on south Yemen army base near Aden
ADEN (Reuters) – Eight Yemeni troops and six militants were killed on Wednesday in an assault claimed by Al Qaeda on a military base near the international airport of Yemen’s southern city of Aden, the military said.
Death toll from suicide bombing in Kurdish northeast Syria rises to 25: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The death toll from a suicide bomb blast claimed by Islamic State at a bakery in the mostly Kurdish-controlled city of Hasaka in northeastern Syria on Tuesday rose to at least 25, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
Turkey seeks militants linked to Istanbul attack near Syrian border: media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities are seeking two suspected Islamic State militants thought to be linked to last week’s Istanbul airport attack and believed to be in hiding near the border with Syria, a Turkish newspaper said on Wednesday.
Obama, in shift, says he will keep 8,400 U.S. troops in Afghanistan until 2017
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, calling Afghanistan’s security situation precarious, said on Wednesday he will keep U.S. troop levels there at 8,400 through the end of his administration rather than reducing them to 5,500 by year’s end a…
French charity worker to stand trial on charges of making up Islamist attack
PARIS (Reuters) – A charity worker will stand trial in France in November on charges of falsely reporting being attacked by a couple shouting “Allahu Akbar”, the public prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.
John Kerry commits more U.S. military aid for ex-Soviet Georgia
TBILISI (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry told ex-Soviet Georgia that the United States would help it bolster its army as he reassured a close U.S. ally days before a NATO summit expected to focus on the threat a resurgent Russia poses.
Brother of Paris attacker sentenced to 9 years in jail
PARIS (Reuters) – The brother of one of the Islamist attackers who killed 130 people in Paris was sentenced to nine years’ jail on Wednesday for traveling to Syria to train as a militant fighter.
Pope accepts resignation of Brazilian bishop in sex abuse case
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Brazilian bishop who was accused of turning a blind eye to suspected pedophile priests in his diocese, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
Zimbabweans stay at home in protest against economic hardships
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabweans stayed at home on Wednesday while foreign banks and most businesses in the capital shut down operations, in one of the biggest – and peaceful – stay-away actions in nearly a decade.
