Turkey’s Erdogan pushes parliament to make praise of violent acts a ‘terror crime’
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan pressed Turkey’s parliament on Wednesday to broaden an anti-terrorism law without delay, saying those who support killers of innocent people were no different from terrorists themselves.
Syrian Kurdish forces detain pro-government militiamen: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish internal security forces arrested 60 members of a pro-Syrian government militia in the northeastern city of Qamishli on Wednesday, before releasing most of them, a war monitor said.
Italy rescues 2,400 boat migrants, finds three corpses
ROME (Reuters) – More than 2,400 migrants have been rescued from boats in the Strait of Sicily in the last two days and emergency services recovered three corpses, Italy’s coast guard said on Wednesday.
Slovak PM Fico says parties to split cabinet seats, deal close
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Four Slovak parties led by the leftist Smer have reached an agreement on sharing out portfolios in a new government, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday.
French watchdog calls for children’s shelter in Calais migrant slum
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s top minors’ rights watchdog urged the French government not to leave hundreds of children living unsupervized in a migrant slum outside Calais without proper shelter.
Algerian named as dead Brussels gunman, manhunt goes on
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian prosecutors on Wednesday named a 35-year-old Algerian as the man shot dead by police on Tuesday during a police raid on a Brussels apartment in the hunt for clues to bloody attacks in Paris last November.
Libyans from all sides unite in Benghazi humanitarian appeal
GENEVA (Reuters) – In a rare show of Libyan unity, dozens of influential Libyans from Benghazi put aside their differences to appeal for help for their hometown, a center of violence in the country’s five-year-old conflict, on Wednesday.
Security fears haunt Turkey’s biggest cities after Ankara blast
ANKARA (Reuters) – Ibrahim Ozcan has worked at the fish market in Ankara’s usually bustling Sakarya street for more than 30 years, and even he struggles to remember a time when the heart of the Turkish capital has been this quiet.
Syrian Kurds set to announce federal system in northern Syria
RMEILAN, Syria (Reuters) – Kurdish-controlled areas of northern Syria are expected to declare a federal system imminently, Kurdish officials said on Wednesday, taking matters into their own hands after being excluded from talks in Geneva to resolve Syr…
Jailed Qatari poet released after royal pardon: family member
DOHA (Reuters) – A Qatari poet jailed for 15 years for reciting verses that praised the 2011 uprising in Tunisia and criticized his own country’s ruling family has been freed after receiving a royal pardon, a relative said on Wednesday.
