Jordan-Israel relations in crisis over al-Aqsa mosque strife
JERUSALEM/AMMAN (Reuters) – Increasing strife over Jerusalem’s most volatile holy site plunged relations between Israel and Jordan into crisis on Wednesday, with Amman recalling its ambassador for the first time since the countries’ 1994 peace treaty.
Global court says will not investigate Israeli raid on Turkish flotilla
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – International prosecutors believe Israeli soldiers may have committed war crimes during a raid that killed nine Turkish activists in 2010, but have decided the case is beyond their remit, according to court papers seen by Reuters….
Officials fear al Qaeda grooming Indian militants for big attacks
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Decrypted communications between Indian Mujahideen (IM) and al Qaeda and testimony from suspects have triggered alarm among intelligence officials in New Delhi: the groups appear to be working together to launch major attacks in t…
Serbian PM discusses models of gas debt repayment with Putin
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday he had discussed models of debt repayment to Russian state gas giant Gazprom with Russian President Vladimir Putin by telephone.
Four Tunisian soldiers killed in suspected Islamist attack
TUNIS (Reuters) – Four Tunisian soldiers were killed and 11 others were wounded on Wednesday in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a bus carrying soldiers in Kef near the Algerian border, the Defense Ministry said.
Afghan casualties on battlefield at unsustainably high level: U.S. general
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 4,600 Afghan troops have been killed in the war against the Taliban this year, a 6.5 percent jump over last year and an unsustainably high figure that underscores the need for better medical evacuation, a top U.S. gener…
India, isolated, toughs it out in WTO food-stockpiling row
NEW DELHI/GENEVA (Reuters) – India defied the world on Wednesday in a row over food stockpiling that has crippled attempts to reach a global trade agreement, raising doubts that backroom talks can reach a compromise before a Group of 20 summit this mon…
Palestinian man kills one in Jerusalem car attack: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian rammed his car into pedestrians in central Jerusalem on Wednesday in the second attack of its kind in two weeks, killing one person and fuelling concerns of another Palestinian uprising.
Libya’s El Sharara oilfield shut after armed group seizure -sources
BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Libya’s major El Sharara oilfield has ceased production after being seized by an armed group, oil ministry sources said on Wednesday.
Explosion at Curacao’s Isla refinery injures two: workers
WILLEMSTAD (Reuters) – An explosion at a gas plant of Curacao’s 335,000 barrels per day (bpd) Isla refinery on Wednesday afternoon injured two people, according to workers at the facility.
