Russia and Turkey refuse to back down in row over jet downing
ISTANBUL/NIZHNY TAGIL, Russia (Reuters) – Russia sent an advanced missile system to Syria on Wednesday to protect its jets operating there and pledged its air force would keep flying missions near Turkish air space, sounding a defiant note after Turkey…
Germany’s Merkel vows more support for France after attacks
PARIS (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she would think about how Germany could further support France in fighting terrorism following the Nov. 13 attacks by Islamist militants in Paris that killed 130 people.
UK-made cruise missile used in deadly airstrike on Yemeni factory: Rights groups
DOHA (Reuters) – The Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen used a British-made cruise missile in an attack on a Yemeni ceramics factory which killed at least one civilian and injured several more, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch sai…
Paris attacks a reason Canada slowing Syria migrant flow, PM says
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Public security concerns after the Paris attacks were part of the reason Canada pushed back its end-year deadline for accepting 25,000 Syrian refugees, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday.
Saudis to sue Twitter user who called poet’s death sentence ‘ISIS-like’
DOHA (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s justice ministry plans to sue a Twitter user who compared the death sentence handed down on Friday to a Palestinian poet to the punishments meted out by Islamic State, a major government-aligned newspaper reported on Wed…
U.S. sanctions businessman helping Syrian government buy oil from Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States sanctioned a Syrian businessman on Wednesday who it said was a middleman for oil sales between Islamic State and the Syrian government, the latest salvo in an effort to cut off the flow of funds to the militant …
EU lawmakers call for ‘blacklist’ of European jihadists
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – The European Parliament urged EU governments to share more data with each other on citizens they suspect of being Islamist radicals, calling for a “blacklist of jihadists” in a resolution passed on Wednesday.
Hungarian court says terror suspect is World War Two hobbyist
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A Hungarian detained by police on suspicion of international terrorism links is a World War Two hobbyist who was stopped while driving home with old ammunition he had dug up in a forest, a court said on Wednesday.
Sisi loyalists sweep list seats in Egypt’s election
CAIRO (Reuters) – An electoral alliance loyal to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has picked up all 60 list seats up for grabs in the second and final round of a parliamentary election marred by low participation, official preliminary results sh…
Sudan security forces detain opposition leader
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s security forces detained one of the country’s leading opposition figures on Wednesday along with two other members of the country’s main opposition coalition, a spokesman for the coalition said.
