Degrees of difficulty: British PM Cameron’s EU demands
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will discuss over dinner on Thursday British Prime Minister David Cameron’s demands for reform of the bloc ahead of a referendum he plans to hold by the end of 2017 on his country’s continued membership.
Saudi-led coalition says Yemen truce could collapse: Saudi TV
DUBAI (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi forces in Yemen has accused the Iranian-allied group of repeatedly violating a ceasefire and warned the truce could collapse, Saudi television reported on Wednesday.
US military says pulls 12 fighter jets from base in Turkey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Wednesday it was removing 12 fighter jets from Incirlik air base in Turkey after sending them there last month to bolster the fight against Islamic State and to help reassure Turkey after Russian incursi…
No evidence California attackers were part of terrorist cell-FBI head
NEW YORK (Reuters) – There is no evidence a married couple who killed 14 people in California this month were part of a terrorist cell, the head of the FBI said on Wednesday, confirming that investigators believe the pair were inspired but not directed…
Iran says it will not accept any restrictions on missile program
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will not accept any restrictions on its missile program, the defense minister was quoted as saying by state media on Wednesday, after sanctions monitors said Tehran had violated a U.N. Security Council resolution by test-firing a…
IS fires rockets at Iraq base where Turkish troops stationed: sources
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State militants fired rockets on Wednesday at a base in northern Iraq where Turkish troops are stationed, and Turkish forces returned fire, Kurdish military sources and Turkish officials told Reuters.
U.S. defense chief Carter, in Baghdad, seeks to step up Islamic State fight
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Iraqi leaders on Wednesday discussed the idea of greater U.S. contributions to the fight against Islamic State, including an offer of attack helicopters to help retake territory from the insurge…
France’s Le Pen criticised for Islamic State pictures on Twitter
PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday published on her Twitter accounts pictures of what she said were victims of Islamic State, prompting heavy criticism from the government.
Irish court backs extradition to U.S. of `facilitator of child porn’
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s High Court on Wednesday cleared the way for the extradition to the United States of a man the Federal Bureau of Investigation has described as the world’s biggest facilitator of child pornography.
Four Turkish soldiers injured in Islamic State attack: officials
ANKARA (Reuters) – Four Turkish soldiers were injured in an attack by Islamic State militants at a base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, officials said.
