Hungary’s new export: prison-made razor-wire coils
MARIANOSZTRA, Hungary (Reuters) – Inmates in a high-security prison north of Budapest are manufacturing rolls of razor-wire fence that will prevent thousands of migrants from crossing the Greek-Macedonian border.
U.S. designates a German citizen as a ‘global terrorist’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department on Wednesday named Emrah Erdogan, a German citizen whom it said had joined and fought with the al Qaeda and al Shabaab militant groups, as a global terrorist.
Sold: The Mumbai eatery owned by India’s most wanted man
MUMBAI (Reuters) – A government-appointed auctioneer has sold off a Mumbai restaurant once owned by India’s most wanted man, fugitive mafia boss Dawood Ibrahim, in a rare sale of seized property that attracted wary bidders and tight security on Wednesd…
British school in Budapest evacuated, no explosives found
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The British International School in Budapest evacuated all staff and pupils safely after receiving a bomb threat from an unidentified caller on Wednesday, a school statement said.
Australian police raid Sydney home of reported bitcoin creator
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police raided the Sydney home and office on Wednesday of a man named by Wired magazine as the probable creator of bitcoin and holder of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the cryptocurrency, Reuters witnesses said.
Shi’ite militias threaten Turkey over incursion into Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Shi’ite paramilitary groups with ties to Iran threatened to use force against Turkey on Wednesday unless it withdraws its troops from Iraqi territory, after a 48-hour deadline set by the government expired.
Italy seeks further EU discussion on extending sanctions against Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italy unexpectedly demanded that a mooted extension of the European Union’s economic sanctions on Russia go for further discussion within the bloc rather than be rubber-stamped by EU envoys who met on Wednesday.
Foe of Turkish President Erdogan slapped with U.S. lawsuit
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Lawyers hired by the Turkish government have filed a civil suit against a political enemy of President Tayyip Erdogan in a U.S. court alleging human rights abuses, in the first such action against the U.S.-based cleric outside Turk…
Dozens killed, wounded in Taliban attack on Afghan airport
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Dozens of people were killed in fighting at the airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar after an overnight attack by Taliban insurgents while a key district in neighboring Helmand province fell to the insurgent…
Turkish army hits Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq overnight
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant targets in northern Iraq overnight and a policeman was killed in southeastern Turkey during clashes with the group.
