Exclusive: U.S. puts request for bigger Turkish air role on hold
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Since Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet last week, the United States has quietly put on hold a long-standing request for its NATO ally to play a more active role in the U.S.-led air war against Islamic State.
Turkish soldiers training Iraqi troops near Mosul: sources
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Several hundred Turkish soldiers have been deployed to provide training for Iraqi troops in an area near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which is under Islamic State control, a Turkish security source told Reuters on Frida…
German parliament approves military campaign against Islamic State in Syria
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s lower house of parliament on Friday approved government plans to join the military campaign against Islamic State in Syria.
Colombia says it has found Spanish treasure galleon San Jose
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia has found the wreck of a Spanish galleon that sank off the coast of Cartagena and is thought to be laden with emeralds and gold and silver coins, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Friday.
Israel trained against Russian-made air defense system in Greece: sources
JERUSALEM/ATHENS (Reuters) – Israel has quietly tested ways of defeating an advanced air-defence system that Russia has deployed in the Middle East and that could limit Israel’s ability to strike in Syria or Iran, military and diplomatic sources said.
Peru’s Keiko Fujimori launches new presidential bid
PARACAS, Peru (Reuters) – Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of Peru’s jailed former leader Alberto Fujimori, launched her second bid for the presidency on Friday, saying she would tap the government’s rainy day fund to help spur an economic recovery.
Turkish soldiers training Iraqi troops near Mosul: sources
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Several hundred Turkish soldiers have been deployed to provide training for Iraqi troops in an area near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which is under Islamic State control, a Turkish security source told Reuters on Frida…
Oil smuggled into Turkey not enough to be profitable: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The amount of oil being smuggled into Turkey from Syria was not enough for anyone to profit from it significantly, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Friday, rejecting claims by Russia that top Turkish officials were…
U.S. yet to agree details on new force’s role in Iraq: officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has yet to agree with Baghdad on crucial details governing the role of a new American special forces unit aimed at hunting Islamic State militants in Iraq, U.S. officials said, underlining the difficulties Washi…
Liberal Israeli politician and pundit Sarid dies, 75
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Yossi Sarid, an Israeli commentator and former cabinet minister who was the country’s most acid-tongued dove, died on Friday of a heart attack, aged 75, the broadcaster where he worked said.
