Iran says it will not accept any restrictions on missile program
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will not accept any restrictions on its missile program, the defense minister was quoted as saying by state media on Wednesday, after sanctions monitors said Tehran had violated a U.N. Security Council resolution by test-firing a…
IS fires rockets at Iraq base where Turkish troops stationed: sources
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State militants fired rockets on Wednesday at a base in northern Iraq where Turkish troops are stationed, and Turkish forces returned fire, Kurdish military sources and Turkish officials told Reuters.
U.S. defense chief Carter, in Baghdad, seeks to step up Islamic State fight
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Iraqi leaders on Wednesday discussed the idea of greater U.S. contributions to the fight against Islamic State, including an offer of attack helicopters to help retake territory from the insurge…
France’s Le Pen criticised for Islamic State pictures on Twitter
PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday published on her Twitter accounts pictures of what she said were victims of Islamic State, prompting heavy criticism from the government.
Irish court backs extradition to U.S. of `facilitator of child porn’
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s High Court on Wednesday cleared the way for the extradition to the United States of a man the Federal Bureau of Investigation has described as the world’s biggest facilitator of child pornography.
Four Turkish soldiers injured in Islamic State attack: officials
ANKARA (Reuters) – Four Turkish soldiers were injured in an attack by Islamic State militants at a base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, officials said.
Germany accuses two Palestinians of planning attack on Israeli embassy
BERLIN (Reuters) – Two young men of Palestinian descent are on trial in Germany for planning to bomb the Israeli embassy in Berlin or other Israeli targets, a criminal court spokesman said on Wednesday.
Raised ‘Chavista’ in poor Venezuela, lawmaker-elect jolts opposition image
CARACAS (Reuters) – She grew up in a poor and dangerous part of Caracas, was raised by a family fiercely loyal to late socialist leader Hugo Chavez and attended so many rallies that she can still sing along to tunes glorifying him.
Italy to send troops near Iraq combat zone to protect dam workers
ROME (Reuters) – Italy will deploy 450 troops near the front line with Islamic State militants in Iraq to protect workers carrying out repairs to the Mosul hydro-electric dam, the country’s biggest, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday.
Germany ready to help ‘natural ally’ Britain with EU reform bid
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany signaled its readiness on Wednesday to be “extremely helpful” to Prime Minister David Cameron in his quest to renegotiate Britain’s membership of the European Union.
