Nagorno-Karabakh truce holds, but residents fear renewed violence
TALYSH, Azerbaijan (Reuters) – Elmira Bagiryan, a resident of a village at the epicenter of four days of fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces, was leaving even though the gunfire had stopped.
Nusra Front confirms senior Syrian figure killed in U.S. strike
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s Syrian offshoot Nusra Front confirmed on Wednesday that their spokesman and veteran jihadist fighter Abu Firas al-Suri was killed in a U.S. air strike in Syria.
Businessman sworn in as Benin’s president
COTONOU (Reuters) – Businessman Patrice Talon was sworn in as Benin’s president before a large crowd on Wednesday, saying he would foster economic development and fight corruption and terrorism during what he pledged would be his only term in office.
Crime or heroism? Soldier’s shooting raises moral questions in Israel
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – To Israel’s military prosecutors, a soldier who fired a bullet into the head of a wounded and motionless Palestinian assailant may be guilty of homicide. To many Israelis, he is a hero.
African Union chief Dlamini-Zuma to step down in July, linked to ANC leadership
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – African Union Commission head Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, who is tipped to take over the leadership of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, will step down at the end of her four-year term in July, her spokesman said on W…
Two polls give Britain’s ‘In’ campaign a slender lead ahead of EU referendum
LONDON (Reuters) – Support for Britain staying in the European Union has fallen slightly but still maintains the narrowest of leads over those wanting to leave the 28-member bloc, according to two opinion polls on Wednesday.
Hague prosecutor to appeal acquittal of Serbia’s Seselj
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Prosecutors at the Yugoslavia crimes tribunal in The Hague said on Wednesday they would appeal last week’s acquittal of nationalist politician Vojislav Seselj, whose Serbian Radical party is likely to return to parliament later thi…
British ‘In’ campaign leads by one point ahead of EU vote: YouGov poll
LONDON (Reuters) – Support for Britain to stay in the European Union stood at 39 percent, one point ahead of support for leaving the 28-member bloc, a YouGov opinion poll showed on Wednesday ahead of the country’s June referendum on EU membership.
Iran to send team to Gulf rival Saudi Arabia to discuss haj pilgrimage
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran plans to send a delegation to Saudi Arabia to discuss new arrangements for the haj pilgrimage to Mecca, Iran’s Tasnim news agency said on Wednesday, the first official visit by either side since ties were severed in January.
U.S., allies stage 23 strikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 23 strikes against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq on Tuesday, the coalition leading the operations said.
