Turkish workers kidnapped in Iraq return home
ANKARA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Sixteen Turkish workers abducted by militants in Iraq arrived back in Turkey to emotional scenes on Wednesday night after more than a month in captivity.
Talks start for surrender of Burkina coup leader: government
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s government said on Wednesday it had started negotiations to persuade the leader of a short-lived coup to surrender, a day after he took refuge in the Vatican’s compound in the capital.
Weapons bound for Yemen seized on Iranian boat: coalition
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi-led coalition forces said on Wednesday they had seized an Iranian fishing boat loaded with weapons on its way to deliver them to Houthi fighters in Yemen.
Austrian vice chancellor threatens to quit coalition government
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s vice chancellor and leader of the Conservative Party threatened to quit the coalition government on Wednesday if his Social Democrat partners do not toughen their policies on migrants and shrink the welfare state.
Troops from U.S.-led mission fight Taliban near Afghan city
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. and allied special forces in Afghanistan battled insurgents besieging the airport outside the northern city of Kunduz that was captured by the Taliban this week, a coalition spokesman and Afghan official said on Wednesday.
South Africans march against corruption, in challenge to Zuma
PRETORIA (Reuters) – Thousands of South Africans from trade unions, opposition parties and civil society groups marched against corruption on Wednesday, calling on President Jacob Zuma to clean up government before local elections next year.
Ukraine rebel envoy says weapons pull-back could mean ‘end of war’
KIEV (Reuters) – A separatist representative to east Ukraine peace talks said on Wednesday an agreement signed with Kiev this week to withdraw more weapons could mean an end to the war with the Ukrainian government, separatist website DAN reported.
Fleeing Iraqi Christians find new life in Lourdes
LOURDES, France (Reuters) – For Iraqi Christians fleeing Islamic State militants in their native land reaching Lourdes, the French town long synonymous with miraculous religious visions, feels little short of a modern-day miracle.
Political surprise in eurozone – austerity is a vote-winner
ATHENS (Reuters) – Upending conventional wisdom, there is now a strong chance that all the European governments that have accepted or implemented unpopular EU/IMF austerity programs may be re-elected in the coming months or remain the strongest politic…
Burundi opposition official killed: authorities and colleague
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Unidentified gunmen have killed an opposition party official in Burundi’s Muramvya province, authorities and a colleague of the victim said on Wednesday.
