U.S. embassy warns of potential attack in southeast Turkey
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Ankara said on Wednesday it had received reports that “extremist groups” may be planning an attack against a Syrian opposition group in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep.
Egypt to criminalize insults to ‘revolutions’ of 2011 and 2013: spokesman
CAIRO (Reuters) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi plans to issue decrees to criminalize insults to Egypt’s two “revolutions” of 2011 and 2013, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
U.S. believes Iran launched air raids on Islamic State in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has indications that Iran has carried out air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq in recent days in what appeared to be the first such operations by Iran’s air force, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
U.S. leads 25 more air strikes against Islamic State militants: CENTCOM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States military launched 14 more strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and led 11 strikes in Iraq since Monday, according to U.S. Central command.
British-Spanish Gibraltar dispute hindering EU airspace reform
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A British-Spanish territorial dispute over Gibraltar threatened to block implementation of agreement by European Union member states on Wednesday to merge national air corridors to create shorter flight paths and cut costs and carb…
Venezuela indicts opposition leader Machado, alleging plot to kill Maduro
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela has indicted hardline opposition leader Maria Corina Machado on charges that she took part in an alleged plot to kill President Nicolas Maduro, the state prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.
Grenade blast injures two in Kenya town near Somali border: police
NAIROBI (Reuters) – An unknown assailant threw a grenade into a cafe in a town in eastern Kenyan on Wednesday, wounding two people in violence that followed two attacks by Islamists that killed more than 60 people in less than two weeks.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe accuses deputy of plot to oust him
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe accused his deputy Joice Mujuru on Wednesday of seeking to oust him, deriding her as thinking she could unlock funding from Western powers.
Car bomb kills three outside Iran envoy’s residence in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) – A car bomb killed three people at the Iranian ambassador’s residence in Yemen on Wednesday, an attack claimed by al Qaeda militants who oppose Iran and the Yemeni Shi’ite rebels who control the capital Sanaa.
Landmine casualties fell by 25 percent over last year to 15-year low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fewer people were killed or wounded by landmines over the past year than at any time since record-keeping began in 1999, and production of the weapons has almost stopped, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines said in a new …
