France shuts mosque, arrests man in crackdown after attacks
PARIS (Reuters) – Police shut a mosque east of Paris and arrested the owner of a revolver found in related raids on Wednesday as part of a crackdown called after the Nov. 13 attacks on the capital, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.
Vice President Biden to address Ukraine’s legislature
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will address Ukraine’s legislature on Tuesday as part of a two-day visit to the country, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.
German spy agency warns of Saudi shift to ‘impulsive’ policies
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency, in an unusual public statement issued on Wednesday, voiced concern that Saudi Arabia was becoming impulsive in its foreign policy as powerful young Deputy Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman as…
Three killed in clashes under curfew in Turkey’s southeast
ANKARA (Reuters) – Three Kurdish militants were killed on Wednesday in a Turkish southeastern district under curfew since a prominent Kurdish lawyer was shot dead over the weekend, the provincial governor’s office said on Wednesday.
Pilot of Russian plane downed by Turkey buried with military honors
LIPETSK, Russia (Reuters) – A Russian pilot killed after his plane was shot down by a Turkish jet last week was buried in the Russian city of Lipetsk on Wednesday with military honors, after being posthumously given the country’s highest military award…
Iraq briefed on U.S. special forces plan, Kerry says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The Iraqi government is fully briefed on U.S. plans to deploy American special forces to Iraq and the two governments will consult closely on where they will go and what they will do, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wedn…
Police officer, six others killed in latest Burundi violence
NAIROBI (Reuters) – At least seven people including a police officer were killed overnight in separate incidents in Burundi’s capital and the surrounding area, police, witnesses and an official said on Wednesday.
Russia unlikely to meet Ukraine peace deal deadline, NATO says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO’s top commander warned on Wednesday there was little chance that Russia would meet a year-end deadline for a peace deal in eastern Ukraine, saying the calmer situation there did not mean the end of the conflict was near.
U.N. food agency faces $40 million Myanmar funding shortfall to mid-2016
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 600,000 people in Myanmar need food assistance due to natural disasters, violence and conflict, the U.N. World Food Programme said on Wednesday, announcing a $40 million funding shortfall for food aid th…
Spanish court revokes Catalan independence motion
MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish Constitutional Court on Wednesday said it has revoked Catalonia’s motion in Parliament to begin the process to separate from the rest of Spain.
