Obama orders more troops to Iraq to guide fightback against Islamic State
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered the deployment of 450 more U.S. troops to Iraq’s Sunni heartland to advise and assist fragile Iraqi forces being built up to try to retake territory lost to Islamic State.
France probes Russian lead in TV5Monde hacking: sources
SAN FRANCISCO/PARIS (Reuters) – Russian hackers linked to the Kremlin could be behind one of the biggest attacks to date on televised communications, which knocked French station TV5Monde off air in April, sources familiar with France’s inquiry said.
Pope urges Putin to make ‘sincere, great effort’ for Ukraine peace
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A stern Pope Francis urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to make a “sincere and great effort” to achieve peace in Ukraine.
Tunisia rescues 350 migrants heading by boat to Italy from Libya
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s navy rescued more than 350 illegal migrants off its coast and was searching for hundreds more on Wednesday after they tried to sail from neighboring Libya to the Italian island of Lampedusa, the local Red Cross said.
Bosnian Serb MPs reject Srebrenica genocide resolution
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnian Serb lawmakers voted out a resolution that described the 1995 Srebrenica massacre as a genocide on Wednesday, saying the motion was an attack on their community and would destabilize the country.
Next round of Iran nuclear talks ‘pretty tough’: U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The next round of Iran nuclear negotiations will be “pretty tough,” a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday ahead of new talks including top diplomats from the seven countries involved.
Backed into corner, Turkey’s Erdogan shows hints of compromise
Straying from his vast new $500 million palace, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan hosted a senior opposition lawmaker at his more modest Ankara residence on Wednesday and appeared, so the lawmaker said, to be in a mood for compromise.
American killed in Syria, State Department says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An American man has been killed in Syria, a State Department spokesman said on Wednesday, declining to provide details.
Polish PM purges ministers to try to halt slide in popularity
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz purged three ministers from her government and the speaker of parliament on Wednesday to try to reverse a slide in her party’s popularity before a parliamentary election in four months’ time.
Suspected Islamist militants attack police base in southern Mali
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Dozens of suspected Islamist militants attacked a Malian police base near the southern border with Ivory Coast on Wednesday, security sources said, the most southerly point in the west African country where the insurgents have struck…
