Libyan Congress calls for U.N.-backed ceasefire to end clashes
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) – Libya’s newly elected House of Representatives on Wednesday called for an immediate ceasefire under United Nations supervision to end three weeks of clashes among rival armed factions that have killed more than 200 people.
South Sudan humanitarian aid operations are world’s largest: U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The scale of humanitarian operations in South Sudan is now the largest in any single country and the world’s youngest nation is on the brink of catastrophe as a famine looms, the U.N. deputy peacekeeping chief said on Wednesd…
Suspected Boko Haram raid kills 10 in Cameroon: state radio
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Suspected members of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram killed 10 people and kidnapped one in a raid on the village of Zigague in remote northern Cameroon on Wednesday, state radio reported.
Bomb wounds three in Lebanese city of Tripoli
TRIPOLI Lebanon (Reuters) – A bomb exploded in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Wednesday wounding three people, a security source said. Further details were not immediately available.
Security forces arrest Indian soldier who crossed river into Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces arrested an Indian soldier after he crossed a river into Pakistan on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry in Islamabad said, potentially heightening tensions between the two nuclear armed riv…
French court rejects part of Hollande’s tax-cutting effort
PARIS (Reuters) – A top French court rejected a plank of President Francois Hollande’s economic reform package on Wednesday, just as a coalition partner threatened to quit the government in another spat over legislation.
Kurds, Islamic State clash near Kurdish regional capital
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of tactics supported by the Iraqi central government to try to break the Islamists’ momentum.
Indian cabinet approves foreign investment hike in defense, railways
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s cabinet approved a plan on Wednesday to raise the amount of foreign direct investment allowed in its defense and railways industries, part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to attract more foreign cash and revive t…
Death toll from Baghdad car bombs rises to 47: police
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The death toll from car bomb attacks on crowded markets in Shi’ite districts of Baghdad on Wednesday climbed to 47, police said.
Iraqi government air strike on Islamic State court kills 60
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi government air strike on a Sharia court set up by Islamic State militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul killed 60 people on Wednesday, the office of the prime minister’s military spokesman said.
