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.
Georgia coalition in crisis as party, foreign minister quit
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s foreign minister quit on Wednesday and one of six parties in the ruling coalition pulled out, depriving it of a parliamentary majority in a rift over the pace of integration with the West.
Senior al Qaeda operative killed in U.S. strike in Yemen: sources
SANAA (Reuters) – A senior al Qaeda leader wanted by the United States and an area commander of its local affiliate, Ansar al-Sharia, were killed in U.S. drone strikes in central Yemen overnight, the Islamist militant group said on Wednesday.
French police arrest three in nuclear plant drones probe
PARIS (Reuters) – Police arrested three people found in possession of remote-controlled drones near one of the nuclear plants involved in a series of mystery overflights by the unmanned aircraft, a source close to the investigation said on Wednesday.
Russia told U.S. it will not attend 2016 nuclear security summit
WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has told the United States that it will not attend a 2016 nuclear security summit, the State Department said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of frosty ties between Washington and Moscow.
UK says aspiring EU states to be even keener after Brussels reforms
BERLIN (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign minister Philip Hammond told Balkan states aspiring to membership of the European Union on Wednesday that he admired their enthusiasm but believed it would be even greater if the EU carried out reforms that Britain …
Two Canada Liberal MPs suspended on personal misconduct allegations
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s opposition Liberal Party kicked two members of Parliament out of caucus on Wednesday following separate allegations of personal misconduct in the workplace.
