Niger to transfer 500 Boko Haram prisoners to Nigeria
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger has agreed to transfer hundreds of prisoners from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram back to their home country of Nigeria to reduce pressure on its crammed prisons, judicial sources said on Tuesday.
Iraqi PM asks NATO to press Turkey to pull troops from north Iraq
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iraq asked NATO on Tuesday to put pressure on alliance member Turkey to withdraw its troops immediately from northern Iraq after Ankara said it would not deploy any more but refused to pull out those already there.
Russia says it hit Islamic State with submarine-launched missile for first time
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday that Russia had for the first time struck Islamic State targets in Syria with missiles fired from a submarine in the Mediterranean.
U.S. Consulate in Istanbul cites possible threat, cancels consular services
(Reuters) – The U.S. Consulate in Istanbul said on Tuesday it had canceled consular services for Wednesday because of “information about a possible security threat” against the mission.
Greek court extradites Syrian to U.S. over fake passports
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s top court on Tuesday ordered the extradition of a Syrian man to the United States where he faces charges of producing fake passports and identity theft.
U.S. approves sale of ‘smart bomb’ kits to Turkey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of precision bomb kits valued at $70 million to Turkey, a member of NATO and a key part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State militants in Syria, the Pentagon said Thursd…
Quit ‘crying’ and fix Venezuela economy, opposition tells Maduro
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition on Tuesday urged leftist President Nicolas Maduro to stop making excuses for his candidates’ defeat in legislative elections, and instead urgently tackle food shortages and free jailed politicians.
French judge drops warrant against Ivory Coast parliament head
PARIS (Reuters) – Lawyers for Ivory Coast’s parliament speaker Guillaume Soro said on Tuesday that a warrant issued by a French judge in a case brought against him by the former Ivorian president’s son had been withdrawn.
Germany carries out raids linked to planned attack in Berlin
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police searched several locations in Berlin and the eastern state of Saxony on Tuesday for three people accused of planning an attack with explosives in the capital, the prosecutor’s office said.
Europe talks tough on migrant strategies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany and France have proposed giving an EU border force the power — in theory at least — to patrol Greece’s frontiers uninvited by Athens in the latest sign of hardening attitudes towards solving Europe’s migration crisis.
