Germany to send 130 more soldiers to Afghanistan
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will send 130 more soldiers to Afghanistan, the government said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting to discuss support for Afghan forces struggling to tackle an Islamist insurgency.
EU to seek ‘fresh start’ with Turkey, top official says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders will try to reset relations with Turkey at a summit this year with President Tayyip Erdogan, the EU’s official in charge of enlargement said, barely a week after Brussels sharply criticized Ankara’s human rights record.
Putin sets up commission to combat terrorism financing
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday set up a commission to combat terrorism financing, the Kremlin said, in another sign of the Russian leader’s heightened focus on what he says is a fight against Islamic State militants.
Iranian journalist sentenced to jail for spreading propaganda
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian journalist and political activist said on Wednesday she had been sentenced to one year in jail after being found guilty of spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic.
Exclusive: Paris attacker may have had accomplice on journey through Balkans
BELGRADE/ATHENS (Reuters) – One of the Paris suicide attackers may have had an accomplice with him as he traveled through the Balkans to western Europe after entering Greece posing as a Syrian refugee, counter-intelligence and police sources say.
German state minister sees no threat to Christmas markets
BERLIN (Reuters) – There is no evidence to suggest that Christmas markets in the German state of Lower Saxony are a target for Islamist militants, the state interior minister said on Wednesday.
Hungary detains two British citizens convicted of financing terrorism
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian police detained two British citizens wanted under a European arrest warrant over charges of leaving Britain without permission, which they were obliged to get because of prior convictions for financing acts of terrorism.
Turkey, U.S. to intensify drive to push IS from Syria border – minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey and the United States will intensify operations aimed at flushing Islamic State militants from a strip of northern Syria’s border with Turkey in the coming days, Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu was quoted as say…
Air strikes kill at least 33 Islamic State fighters: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes carried out by French jets and other forces have killed at least 33 Islamic State militants in the group’s Raqqa stronghold in Syria over the past three days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said …
Two members of Saudi security forces shot dead: interior ministry
DOHA (Reuters) – Two members of the Saudi security forces were killed on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia’s restive eastern province after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle, an Interior Ministry spokesman quoted by state news agency SPA said.
