Wounded Syrian rebels say Russia crippling their insurgency
KILIS, Turkey (Reuters) – In a field hospital in the Turkish border town of Kilis, wounded Syrian opposition fighters say Russian air strikes have brought their campaign against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and Islamic State militants to the brin…
Greek PM offers talks on pension reform, rebuffed by farmers
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Wednesday he was willing to talk to protesting farmers over pension reform but said it was essential to overhaul the system to ensure Greeks could continue to receive pensions.
Israeli troops kill stone-throwing Palestinian youth in West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian youth who the army said had been throwing stones at Israeli vehicles on a road in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
Somali militants planning attacks disguised as peacekeepers: AU force
NAIROBI (Reuters) – African peacekeepers said on Wednesday they had information that al Qaeda-linked militants were planning to launch attacks in Somalia disguised in their uniforms.
Khomeini grandson loses appeal to stand in Iranian election
DUBAI (Reuters) – The grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of Iran’s Islamic Republic, will not be allowed to stand in this month’s election in Iran, the clerical vetting body said on Wednesday, in a blow to reformist forces in the country….
North Korea satellite in stable orbit but not seen transmitting: U.S. sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea’s recently launched satellite has achieved stable orbit but is not believed to have transmitted data back to Earth, U.S. sources said of a launch that has so far failed to convince experts that Pyongyang has significa…
At least six killed at Cameroon funeral by two suicide attackers
DOUALA (Reuters) – At least six people were killed and 30 injured in northern Cameroon on Wednesday by two Islamist suicide bombers at a Muslim funeral gathering, two officials in the region said.
Kremlin critic Mikhail Kasyanov says life threatened in Moscow incident
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Mikhail Kasyanov said a group of men burst into a Moscow restaurant where he was dining on Tuesday night and threatened him, days after a Kremlin ally issued a video showing him in the cross-hairs of a snipe…
Russia says NATO’s planned eastward build-up is destabilizing
MOSCOW (Reuters) – NATO’s plan of its biggest build-up in eastern Europe since the Cold War is a destabilizing factor designed to contain Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
France’s Fabius leaves office, wider reshuffle due
PARIS (Reuters) – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday he was going to leave office, as had been widely expected, in a move that is set to trigger a wider reshuffle of the unpopular government.
