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.
Indian foreign minister says high level talks with Pakistan to resume
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – India will resume high-level talks with rival Pakistan, the Indian foreign minister said on Wednesday, raising hopes that relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors may be thawing slightly.
China to grant residence rights to 13 million unregistered citizens
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will give household registration permits to its unregistered citizens, the government said on Wednesday, opening access to basic rights such as schooling and healthcare for about 13 million people.
Syrians leave rebel-held Homs area in truce deal
HOMS, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Busloads of Syrians including rebel fighters left the last insurgent-held area of Homs on Wednesday under a rare local truce in Syria’s nearly five-year conflict that will shore up government control over the city.
Putin says Russia should restart coal supplies to Ukraine
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia should restart supplying its coal to Ukraine after Kiev resumed electricity supplies to Crimea, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Bomb in southeast Iran kills policeman, three others: Iran media
ANKARA (Reuters) – A bomb blast killed one policeman and three civilians on Wednesday in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan near the Pakistan border, a local police official told the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Europe talks tough on migrant strategies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany and France have proposed giving an EU border force the power — in theory at least — to patrol Greece’s frontiers uninvited by Athens in the latest sign of hardening attitudes towards solving Europe’s migration crisis.
Risk of ‘Brexit’ deals further blow to EU defense hopes
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – On the same day that Europe’s defense ministers rallied behind France’s call for military help following the Islamist attacks in Paris, Britain refused to back a tiny increase of 3 million euros ($3.29 million) in the EU’s collecti…
