Turkey asks NATO to extend Patriot deployment near Syria border
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has asked NATO to extend the deployment of Patriot missile batteries sent to defend the country from a possible attack from Syria because the threat remains, a foreign ministry official said on Wednesday.
Syrian Kurds make fresh military gains after declaring self-rule
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Kurdish militias seized another seven villages in northeastern Syria, activists said on Wednesday, a day after the fighters’ political wing announced an interim administration that aims to carve out an autonomous Syrian Kurdish regio…
Analysis: Yemen fighting risks deepening sectarian divisions
DUBAI (Reuters) – A deadly assault by Shi’ite Houthi rebels on a Salafi Islamic school planted in their mountain heartland could ignite wider sectarian conflict in Yemen, where instability has already helped al Qaeda militants to take root.
Chileans expected to elect leftist Bachelet
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile is set to take a moderate turn to the left in elections on Sunday with the popular and charismatic ex-president Michelle Bachelet almost certain to win a triumphant return to power.
Suspect arrested over killing of Iran deputy minister: agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian police have arrested a suspect in connection with the killing of a deputy minister of industry in Tehran this week, Fars news agency said on Wednesday.
Special Report: To expand Khamenei’s grip on the economy, Iran stretched its laws
(This is the third story in a three-part series, Assets of the Ayatollah: http://www.reuters.com/investigates/iran/#article/part3)
Three held after protest at Polish embassy in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Three people were detained in Moscow on Wednesday after throwing firecrackers at the Polish embassy, two days after a similar attack on Russia’s embassy in Warsaw, an opposition group said.
Le Pen, Wilders eye eurosceptic alliance for EU elections
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Eurosceptics Geert Wilders of the Netherlands and Marine Le Pen of France will discuss closer cooperation on Wednesday in a bid to capitalize on voter frustration with mainstream politics before 2014 European parliament elections….
Hong Kong activists barred from setting off on ‘protest’ voyage
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong blocked a group of Chinese activists from embarking upon what was believed to be a voyage to disputed islands in the East China Sea on Wednesday, preventing a diplomatic run in with Japan.
UK police believe ‘spy in the bag’ case was an accident
LONDON (Reuters) – Police said on Wednesday they had found no evidence that anyone else was involved in the bizarre death of a British intelligence officer whose body was found in a padlocked bag in his bath in 2010.
