Iraqi Kurds approve sending fighters to aid Syrian town
ARBIL Iraq/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) – Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers approved a plan on Wednesday to send fighters to the Syrian town of Kobani to relieve fellow Kurds under attack by Islamic State militants, marking the semi-autonomous region’s first mil…
Mexico says mayor, wife were behind student-teacher disappearances
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A Mexican mayor and his wife were “probable masterminds” behind the disappearance of 43 student teachers last month in the restive southwest, the country’s attorney general said on Wednesday.
UK’s Cameron to object to EU budget plans at leaders’ summit -source
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron plans to use a meeting of European leaders this week to lobby against European Union requests for member states to stump up more money, a British government source said.
Blast outside Cairo University wounds 11: Officials
CAIRO (Reuters) – A bomb outside Cairo University wounded 11 people on Wednesday, among them several police officers, Egyptian officials said.
At U.N., China asked to back human rights case against North Korea
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The chief U.N. investigator into human rights cases in North Korea said on Wednesday he has appealed to China to support calls to refer Pyongyang’s actions to The Hague on suspicion of crimes against humanity.
Chinese peacekeepers expected in South Sudan at start of 2015: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Some 700 Chinese peacekeepers are expected to join a United Nations mission in South Sudan at the start of next year, the head of the U.N. operation said on Wednesday, though she appealed for Beijing to deploy the battalion “…
Niger buys ‘spy plane’ to combat Sahel militants
NIAMEY (Reuters) – The government of Niger has purchased a reconnaissance plane as part of its effort to combat Islamist fighters and criminal gangs operating on its vast territory, the West African country’s interior minister said on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia jails al Qaeda suspects over plot to hit U.S. forces
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Saudi court has sentenced 17 people, four of them women, to prison terms of up to 30 years in two separate cases, one of which involving an al Qaeda plot to attack U.S. soldiers in Qatar and Kuwait, the state news agency SPA said.
At least three drugs smugglers killed in attack along Egypt border: Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – At least three attackers in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, probably drugs smugglers, were killed after they opened fire on Israeli soldiers across the border on Wednesday and wounded two, the Israeli military said.
Central African Republic to create rapid intervention unit, reform army
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic plans to create a rapid intervention unit to help rebuild its army and stamp out persistent inter-religious clashes, the country’s interim leader said.
