Israeli killed by army gunfire meant to foil Palestinian knifing
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers who opened fire at a knife-wielding Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday accidentally shot dead an Israeli whom he was trying to stab, hospital officials said.
Malaysia review panel asks anti-graft agency to continue PM Najib probe
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s anti-graft agency on Wednesday said an external review panel had asked it to continue investigations into a donation of $681 million received by Prime Minister Najib Razak, despite an order by the country’s top lawye…
U.S. training African police to counter new jihadist threats
THIES, Senegal (Reuters) – Ahead of a drill to teach West African police about forensics by blowing up a car filled with crash test dummies posing as suicide bombers, FBI agents met an unexpected question: why bother to investigate if the militants are…
Russia’s Putin discusses situation in Middle East with Israel’s Netanyahu
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation in the Middle East during a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, the Kremlin said.
Islamic State militants forced out of Libya’s Sabratha after clashes: officials
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Islamic State militants briefly entered the center of the western Libyan city of Sabratha during overnight clashes with local military brigades before retreating, local authorities said on Wednesday.
Migrants block Greek motorway as bottleneck grows
IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) – Migrants cradling young children blocked a motorway in central Greece demanding onward passage to Macedonia on Wednesday, part of a growing bottleneck of refugees stranded by new border restrictions and closures across Europ…
Germany, Afghanistan work together to return refugees to Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – A chartered airplane carrying 125 Afghan refugees back from Germany landed in Kabul on Wednesday, with officials on hand eager to assure the returnees that they have a future in Afghanistan.
Greece says faced with crisis from cutbacks in migrant flows
ATHENS (Reuters) – A decision by Balkan states to limit the flow of migrants through the region is creating a ‘mini humanitarian crisis’ in Greece, Greek Migration Minister Yannis Mouzalas said on Wednesday.
Where the dead don’t count in Europe’s migration crisis
CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) – Lucky Iz had just turned 15 when he and his friend Godfrey set off to cross the Sahara on a hot August afternoon in 2012. Lucky has still not told Godfrey’s family what happened on the journey towards Europe. This is his account.
South Sudan opposition forces allowed back into capital: monitor
JUBA (Reuters) – Troops allied with South Sudan’s Riek Machar, the former rebel leader and rival to President Salva Kiir, will deploy to the capital in March, a regional peace observer said, bolstering a fragile peace accord that ended two years of fig…
