Niger arrests nine military officers for coup plot
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s government has arrested nine military officers for planning a coup, the interior minister said on Saturday, more than doubling the number of arrests reported earlier this week.
Turkey says will continue to move troops from northern Iraqi province
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has acknowledged a “miscommunication” with Iraq over its deployment of troops to the Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq, Turkey’s foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Germany and Austria working together on EU asylum law
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and Austria are working on a proposal for a common European asylum law, Germany’s refugee crisis coordinator said in an interview with German magazine Focus.
Yemen negotiators to form ceasefire committee as U.N. peace talks resume
DOHA (Reuters) – Yemeni negotiators at U.N.-sponsored peace talks agreed on Saturday to form a committee to oversee a fragile ceasefire but the day ended without further progress being amid strong mutual distrust, sources close to the talks told Reuter…
Pentagon chief visits French carrier to show joint resolve against Islamic State
ABOARD THE CHARLES DE GAULLE, (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter visited the French aircraft carrier the Charles de Gaulle in the Gulf on Saturday to highlight both countries’ determination to defeat Islamic State militants.
Rescuers struggle to reach stricken Indonesian ferry
JAKARTA (Reuters) – High winds prevented rescuers from reaching a ship with more than 100 passengers that was adrift in rough seas off the coast of Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Saturday, officials said.
Air strike that killed Iraqi soldiers appears to have been by U.S. plane: Carter
ON BOARD THE USS KEARSARGE (Reuters) – A U.S. aircraft appears to have mistakenly carried out an air strike that killed Iraqi security forces near the city of Fallujah, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Saturday.
Turkey says 69 Kurdish militants killed in southeastern offensive
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Sixty-nine Kurdish insurgents and two Turkish soldiers have been killed in four days of fighting across southeast Turkey as security forces ramp up operations against the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), security s…
Switzerland opens criminal investigation of leading Islamic organisation member
ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss attorney general has opened a criminal investigation of a leading member in a Swiss Muslim organisation accused of violating a ban on jihadist groups, the attorney general’s office said on Saturday.
Pakistan Taliban reject Islamic State leader’s claim to be ‘caliph’
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Taliban have rejected Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s claim to be the global leader of all Muslims, the movement said in a statement seen by Reuters on Saturday.
