Washington Post takes case of jailed Tehran reporter to the U.N.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Washington Post stepped up a campaign for the release of its jailed reporter in Iran, Jason Rezaian, on Wednesday, appealing to the U.N. Human Rights Council to help secure his release after a year of what it called “arbitrar…
Chile judge questions ex-officers in 1986 killing of U.S. student
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A Chilean judge interrogated five former military officers on Wednesday over the burning and killing of a U.S. student during a Santiago labor strike in 1986, and said he expects to announce what charges, if any, they will face on …
Cameroon says two suicide attacks kill at least 13 in Maroua
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Two suicide bomb attacks killed at least 13 people and injured 32 others in northern Cameroon on Wednesday, the president’s office said, in what appeared to be the deepest incursion by Boko Haram militants from neighboring Nigeria.
Car bomb kills 20 in Baghdad Shi’ite district
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded in a crowded marketplace in a mainly Shi’ite Muslim district of the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people, police and medical sources said.
Obama discusses U.S. partnership with Afghan leaders: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama talked with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday about ways to strengthen Afghan forces and offered support for the Afghan-led peace process with the Taliban, the…
U.S., allies conduct 30 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 15 air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Tuesday, and another 15 strikes targeting the militant group in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.
Kurd militants say kill two Turkish police to avenge Islamic State bombing
ANKARA (Reuters) – Kurdish militants claimed responsibility for the killing of two Turkish police officers on Wednesday in what they said was retaliation for a suspected Islamic State suicide bombing which killed 32 mostly young students.
Suicide bomber on motorcycle kills 15 near Afghan market
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber on a motorcycle killed at least 15 people and wounded 38 near a busy marketplace in northwest Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said.
Pentagon chief tells Saudi Arabia: Iran threat is shared concern
JEDDAH (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said after talks in Saudi Arabia that Iran’s “potential for aggression” was a shared concern as he moved to bolster defense ties with Riyadh following a nuclear agreement with its arch-foe.
Russia denies it violates Georgian sovereignty with border markers
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Ministry denied on Wednesday accusations by neighboring Georgia that it had violated its territory by placing border markers on the edge of breakaway South Ossetia region.
