Kenya charges four women with recruiting for Islamist militants
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Three Kenyan women and one Tanzanian have been charged with conspiring to recruit Kenyans for the Islamist group al Shabaab, a charge sheet issued by a courthouse in Mombasa showed on Wednesday.
France to pursue plans to strip dual citizens’ nationality in terrorism cases
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government will go ahead with contested plans to strip dual citizens of their French nationality in terrorism cases, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday, brushing aside his own justice minister’s concerns.
U.S., allies conduct 24 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies have conducted 24 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and eight in Syria on Tuesday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement.
Seven migrant children, six adults drown off Greek island
ATHENS (Reuters) – Seven children, four men and two women drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the tiny Greek island of Farmakonisi, coastguard officials said on Wednesday as a refugee exodus toward Europe continued despite winter cold.
Russia hosts pro-Kurdish Turkish politician who condemns Ankara
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The leader of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition party met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Wednesday and criticized Ankara for shooting down a Russian warplane last month.
Boko Haram militants in Niger kill five as regional attacks mount
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants killed two soldiers and three civilians in Niger’s southern border town of Abadam in an overnight raid, two security sources told Reuters on Wednesday, in the third suspected attack by the group in less than 24 h…
Spain’s Ciudadanos calls for pact with PP, Socialists
MADRID (Reuters) – The leader of Spain’s newcomer liberal party Ciudadanos Albert Rivera on Wednesday called for a pact with the People’s Party and the Socialists to enable a stable government in Spain and protect the country from an independence move …
Germany orders Booking.com to scrap anti-competitive clause
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s antitrust regulator has ordered that online travel agent Booking.com must scrap a practice that forbids hotels from offering rooms at lower prices on their own websites.
Saudi king says Riyadh working to keep Syria as unified nation
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s King Salman said his government was striving to maintain Syria as a unified nation inclusive of all sects, according to the Twitter account of the Saudi Shura Council on Wednesday.
British Eurosceptic warns that leaving EU could mean UK breaks up too
LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom could break up, with Scotland going its own way, if Britons vote to leave the European Union, a longstanding EU critic and former Conservative leader warned on Wednesday, saying as a result he was likely to vote to…
