Suicide attack in Yemen’s Aden wounds security chief
ADEN (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the home of the security chief of the Yemeni province of Lahej on Wednesday night, killing himself and wounding the official and six other people, residents and a security official said.
Militant group Al Shabaab leading suspect in Somalia plane blast: U.S. government sources
MOGADISHU/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Investigators suspect the Al Shabaab militant group was behind a likely bomb blast that forced an Airbus A321 into an emergency landing this week in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, U.S. government sources said Wednesda…
Cameron says to assert British parliament is sovereign over EU laws
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he would seek to assert the sovereignty of the British parliament over European Union laws as he concludes his renegotiation of ties with the bloc.
France’s Hollande sounds out environmentalist to join government in reshuffle
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande has sounded out an environmentalist to join the government in a cabinet reshuffle widely expected soon, a source said on Wednesday.
EU’s Tusk to caution Britain’s Cameron on Thursday on risks to EU deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – An EU official said on Wednesday that the European council president, Donald Tusk, is likely to tell British Prime Minister David Cameron that the EU offer to freeze in-work benefits for migrants could unravel if other countries de…
Hungarians protest tight government control of education
MISKOLC, Hungary (Reuters) – Thousands of Hungarians protested on Wednesday against reforms of the education system by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s center-right government that they consider oppressive and heavy-handed.
Don’t take Lebanon’s stability for granted: U.N. envoy
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon has weathered five years of Middle Eastern turmoil remarkably well but its stability should not be taken for granted and it needs long-term financial help to cope with a huge number of Syrian refugees, a senior U.N. official …
British Airways to resume flights to Iran
LONDON (Reuters) – British Airways will resume direct flights from London to Tehran from July, renewing links with the Iranian capital after sanctions were lifted.
U.S. will act against Islamic State in Libya if needed: White House
CATONSVILLE, Md. (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will continue to be updated on the risks of the spread of Islamic State to Libya, and the United States will take action in the North African country to counter that threat if necessary, the Whit…
Walls and watchtowers rise as Turkey tries to seal border against Islamic State
ELBEYLI, Turkey (Reuters) – Slabs of concrete wall have sprung up and military patrols have intensified, but local people say this stretch of Turkey’s border facing Syrian territory under Islamic State control is still far from water-tight.
