Iraq PM says Syria carried out air strikes inside Iraq: BBC
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Syria has carried out air strikes inside Iraqi territory this week, Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted on Thursday as telling the BBC.
Kenya arrests governor over attacks that killed 65
MOMBASA Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan police on Wednesday arrested a politician who is a county governor in connection with gun attacks in his area that killed about 65 people, the government and police said.
French court approves extradition for suspect in Jewish Museum attack
VERSAILLES France (Reuters) – A French court on Thursday approved the extradition to Belgium of the French suspect in a May 24 shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels that left four people dead.
West renews Russia sanctions threat as Ukraine ceasefire crumbles
BRUSSELS/SLAVIANSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Western powers warned Russia on Wednesday that they could impose new sanctions if Moscow did not do more to defuse the conflict in eastern Ukraine, where a ceasefire between Russian-speaking rebels and government …
Suicide bomber kills two soldiers as clashes erupt in Yemen
ADEN (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into the entrance of army base in the central Yemeni city of Seiyun, killing two soldiers on Thursday, security officials said.
Islamist militants raid hotel in central Somalia: witnesses
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Islamist militants hurled grenades at the gate of a hotel in central Somalia on Thursday then opened fire as they burst into the building used by Somali soldiers and Djiboutian African Union peacekeepers, residents said.
Iraq presidency convenes parliament in first step to form new government
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s presidency issued a decree on Thursday for a parliament session on July 1, state television said, starting the process of forming a new government amid an insurgency that threatens the country’s unity.
Al Qaeda-linked group urged Lebanon attacks against Hezbollah before Wednesday bombing
DUBAI (Reuters) – The al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades had urged Lebanese Sunni Muslims to attack the Iranian-backed Shi’ite militant group Hezbollah a day before Wednesday’s suicide bombing in central Beirut.
Erdogan would win Turkish presidency in first round: polls
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan would comfortably win the August presidential election if he decides to run, according to two local polls which give him a 20-point lead over his nearest challenger.
Suicide bomber hits hotel near Saudi embassy in Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A suicide bomber wounded three security officers in a hotel close to the Saudi Arabian embassy in Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanon’s interior minister said, the third blast in the country in less than a week.
