Syrian army takes control of strategic village north of Aleppo
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s military took control of a village north of partly insurgent-held Aleppo on Wednesday, state media and a monitoring group said, giving it increased control of an area which armed groups have used as a supply route into the ci…
Three injured in gang-related clash in Danish mall: police
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Three people were shot and injured on Wednesday in a gang-related “showdown” between two groups in a shopping mall on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Danish police said.
Prominent Yemeni journalist and Houthi activist killed
SANAA (Reuters) – Assailants on a motorbike on Wednesday shot dead one of Yemen’s top journalists, Abdul Kareem al-Khaiwani, who is also an activist close to the country’s dominant Houthi group, police sources said.
Serbia makes first arrests of suspected Srebrenica gunmen
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia arrested eight men on Wednesday suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, the first such arrests in the ex-Yugoslav republic of accused gunmen in Europe’s worst atrocity since World War Two.
Pakistan says 34 militants killed in ‘precise’ strikes in northwest
PESHAWAR (Reuters) – Pakistani air strikes on Wednesday killed 34 militants in the country’s lawless northwest, near the mountainous border with Afghanistan, security officials said, but residents put the toll at 20.
Brazil’s Rousseff’s popularity tumbles in new poll
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s popularity fell to a new low in a poll released on Wednesday, weakening her even further at a time when she is facing public calls for her impeachment and trying to push austerity measures thro…
Japan ruling bloc agrees on new security legislation
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s ruling parties reached broad agreement on Wednesday that paves the way for the most drastic change in the nation’s security policy in six decades and sets the stage to update guidelines for defense cooperation with Washington.
EU’s Tusk discussing Russia sanctions proposal with Merkel, Hollande
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Council President Donald Tusk is discussing a proposal with the German and French leaders that would link European Union sanctions on Russia to full implementation of a Ukraine ceasefire accord, a senior EU official said o…
France steps up monitoring of cash payments to fight ‘low-cost terrorism’
PARIS (Reuters) – France will step up monitoring of cash payments, withdrawals and small bank accounts to better fight against the financing of terrorism, Finance Minister Michel Sapin said on Wednesday.
Indonesia unlikely to execute drug convicts for weeks or months: VP Kalla
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is not likely to execute a group of death row convicts, mostly foreigners, for weeks or even months, until its courts decide on their last-minute legal appeals, Vice President Jusuf Kalla told Reuters on Wednesday.
