Afghan forces kill dozens of militants in hostage rescue operation
KANDAHAR (Reuters) – Afghan security forces have killed dozens of militants in a military operation aimed at freeing a group of civilian hostages in southern Afghanistan, an army official said on Wednesday.
Charities that funded Cage, one time supporter of IS’s Emwazi, under pressure
LONDON (Reuters) – The financial backers of a campaign group that had contact with the man later known as ‘Jihadi John’ are under pressure from British politicians and a regulator’s investigation to explain why they gave it several hundred thousand pou…
EU ready with sanctions if Ukraine ceasefire violated, Merkel says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Russia on Wednesday that any serious violation of the current ceasefire in east Ukraine – which she described as “fragile” – would prompt Europe to impose further sanctions on Moscow for suppo…
Tanzania floods kill at least 38, damage roads
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Flash floods have killed at least 38 people in north-western Tanzania after strong winds and hail battered villages, the president’s office said on Wednesday.
Argentine prosecutor appeals ruling that cleared Fernandez
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The Argentine prosecutor investigating accusations that President Cristina Fernandez tried to cover up Iran’s alleged involvement in a 1994 bombing has appealed last week’s ruling by a judge exonerating her, the prosecutor’s of…
Boko Haram remote control bomb kills two Niger soldiers
NIAMEY (Reuters) – A bomb planted and remotely detonated by Boko Haram militants near the southeastern Niger town of Diffa has killed two soldiers and wounded a third, Niger military sources said on Wednesday.
Venezuelans fret Maduro measures may slow U.S. visas
CARACAS (Reuters) – Queuing in their hundreds from dawn then often waiting for hours in the sun, Venezuelans seeking U.S. visas fear their government’s order to slash American embassy staff to less than a fifth of current levels may snarl the process f…
Palestinian president calls Israel a ‘gangster’
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of “gangsterism” on Wednesday over its decision to withhold the transfer of more than $100 million a month in tax revenues it collects on the Palestinians’ behalf.
Argentina wants to revive deal with Iran to solve 1994 attack
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – The Argentinian government took out full-page advertisements in local newspapers on Wednesday, stressing that a stalled agreement with Iran remained the best way to get to the bottom of the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires…
French court approves Kazakh tycoon Ablyazov’s extradition
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s highest appeals court paved the way on Wednesday for the extradition to either Russia or Ukraine of jailed Kazakh tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov, accused of embezzling up to $6 billion from his former bank BTA.
