Turkey wrestles with century-old legacy of Armenian massacres
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – When as a child Nezahat Eleftos discovered a bundle of photographs stashed in a family chest, her grandmother made a confession: some showed her Christian brothers who perished in mass killings in southeast Turkey during …
France arrests heavily armed man over church attack plans
PARIS (Reuters) – An Algerian man suspected of planning an imminent attack on a church has been arrested in Paris, with police discovering Kalashnikovs, hand guns and ammunition in his possession, top officials said on Wednesday.
Afghan, NATO officials doubt IS links to Jalalabad bombing
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan officials and NATO forces in Afghanistan said they doubted that a recent suicide attack on the eastern city of Jalalabad was the work of an offshoot Islamic State, the Islamist militant group fighting mainly in Syria and Iraq.
U.S. allies conduct 18 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces targeted Islamic State militants in Syria with seven air strikes from Tuesday to Wednesday morning and conducted 11 strikes against the group in Iraq, the U.S. military said.
Nigeria summons South Africa ambassador over attacks on immigrants
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s foreign ministry has summoned South Africa’s high commissioner over anti-immigrant violence in which at least seven people have been killed, it said in a statement on Wednesday.
Italy PM urges united EU action to tackle migrant crisis
ROME (Reuters) – The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday ahead of an emergency summit of the bloc’s leaders to discuss the c…
Timing of sanctions relief may be deal breaker as Iran talks resume
VIENNA (Reuters) – The timing of sanctions relief is the main sticking point in nuclear talks that resumed on Wednesday with a meeting between delegates from Iran and the European Union.
France’s Hollande moots cancellation of Mistral deal with Russia
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday explicitly evoked the cancellation and reimbursement of a frozen contract to sell Mistral helicopter carriers to Russia two days before meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Western Sahara’s Polisario threatens to review U.N. cooperation
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Polisario Front independence movement in the disputed North African territory of Western Sahara has threatened to review cooperation with United Nations monitors if the world body gives up on the idea of a referendum on t…
Farmer hangs himself at political rally in India’s capital
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A farmer hanged himself from a tree during a political rally in New Delhi on Wednesday, in what appeared to be a desperate protest against the hardship felt by many people scratching a living in rural India.
