Macri has 8-point lead in Argentina’s presidential race: poll
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine presidential candidate Mauricio Macri has a more-than eight-point lead over his ruling party rival with 11 days until the run-off vote, a poll showed on Wednesday, the second survey this week to hand the opposition ch…
Bulgarian parliament okays arrest of nationalist party leader
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s parliament voted on Wednesday to allow the arrests of a nationalist party leader and a fellow party member in connection with their involvement in an October fracas with students.
Qatari soldier killed in Yemen: state news agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Qatari soldier fighting alongside a Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen has been killed in clashes there, state media said on Wednesday, the first reported death of a soldier from the small Gulf Arab state in the conflict.
Putin says Russia will not be drawn into new arms race
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia is not going to get drawn into a new “arms race”.
U.S., allies conduct 11 strikes in Syria, 17 in Iraq: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 11 strikes against Islamic State in Syria and 17 in Iraq on Tuesday, the coalition leading the operations said.
China says Philippines must heal rift over South China Sea as Indonesia speaks out
BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the Philippines’ case against China at an arbitration tribunal over rival claims in the South China Sea had strained relations and that it was up to the Philippines to heal the rift.
Iran has yet to decide on going to Syria talks in Vienna: official
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s deputy foreign minister on Wednesday said Tehran had yet to decide whether to participate in talks on the Syria crisis in Vienna later this week, Lebanon-based al Mayadeen television reported.
Police fire stun grenades at striking South African parliament staff
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Anti-riot police fired stun grenades to disperse scores of striking parliamentary workers demanding higher pay outside South Africa’s assembly building on Wednesday.
Heavy fighting in Libya’s Benghazi, 16 killed: official
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – At least 16 people have been killed in heavy fighting in the Libyan city of Benghazi between forces allied with the official government and Islamic State fighters, a military commander said on Wednesday.
Kenyan forces say flush out suspected Islamist militants in forest
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan security forces have destroyed five camps used by suspected militants linked to the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab in a sweep of a forest on the north coast, a commander in charge of the operation said.
