U.S. Marine found guilty at retrial in 2006 murder of Iraqi civilian
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – A U.S. Marine was found guilty on Wednesday of murder in the 2006 slaying of a disabled Iraqi civilian, a killing prosecutors have described as motivated by a desire to send a message to a resistant Iraqi village, a Marine Corps o…
Hungary to fence off border with Serbia to stop migrants
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary announced plans on Wednesday to build a four-meter-high fence along its border with Serbia to stem the flow of illegal migrants, a move that triggered a swift rebuke from the United Nations Refugee Agency.
Islamic State says shot down Iraqi fighter plane
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State said on Thursday it had shot down an Iraqi fighter plane north of the city of Ramadi in Anbar Province.
U.S. weighs near-term Assad military retrenchment in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies are weighing the possibility that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, under growing military pressure, may soon narrow his focus on defense of more limited areas of the country, the top U.S. general…
Islamic State car bombs kill or injure 50 in Yemeni capital
SANAA/GENEVA (Reuters) – Car bombs killed or injured at least 50 people near mosques and the headquarters of Yemen’s dominant Houthi group in Sanaa on Wednesday, in coordinated attacks claimed by Islamic State.
Hungary to fence off border with Serbia to stop migrants
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary announced plans on Wednesday to build a four-meter-high fence along its border with Serbia to stem the flow of illegal migrants, a move that triggered a swift rebuke from the United Nations Refugee Agency.
Haitians fear deportation from Dominican Republic as deadline looms
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent faced the risk of deportation from the Dominican Republic on Wednesday as a deadline for enforcement of a new immigration law approached.
About 20 British military personnel injured in collision on Salisbury Plain
(Reuters) – A collision involving three military troop carriers near Britain’s biggest military training area injured up to 20 military personnel, the Wiltshire Police said in a statement.
U.S. urges ‘greater commitment’ to war effort from Baghdad
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States called for a “greater commitment” from Iraq’s government on Wednesday in the fight against Islamic State as it lamented Baghdad’s failure to deliver enough soldiers for training and underscored the need to empow…
Russia not acting as responsible nuclear power: NATO commander
SWIETOSZOW, Poland (Reuters) – NATO’s top commander said on Wednesday Russia’s announcement it was adding 40 new intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal was not the kind of behavior expected of a responsible nuclear power.
