France has no plan to withdraw soldiers from Iraq: government source
France is not planning to withdraw its 160 soldiers deployed in Iraq following Iranian missile strikes targeting U.S.-led forces, a French government source told Reuters on Wednesday.
Keeping Lebanon without government ‘increasingly irresponsible’: U.N.
Keeping Lebanon without a government is “increasingly irresponsible” given developments in the region and the country, the United Nations’ senior official in Lebanon said on Wednesday.
Outgunned, Iran invests in means to indirectly confront superpower enemy
Iran’s launching of more than a dozen missiles at American-led forces in Iraq on Wednesday came after years of preparing for a confrontation with its superpower foe, whose forces are vastly larger and more advanced.
Iran responding to U.S. by cutting off America’s ‘leg’ in region: report
Iran’s president told the United States on Wednesday that Washington might have “cut off the arm” of General Qassem Soleimani but America’s “leg” in the region would be cut off in response, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.
Iran missiles target U.S. forces in Iraq; Trump says ‘All well’
Iran launched missiles at U.S.-led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday, retaliating for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week stoked fears of a new Middle East war.
Brave as lions: Zoo heroics save animals from Australia’s raging fires
When everyone else in the Australian town of Mogo fled the flames that tore through surrounding bushland, Chad Staples didn’t consider abandoning his family.
UAE says region must pull back from ‘troubling’ tensions
The United Arab Emirates Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said on Wednesday it is essential that the region pulls back from current “troubling” tensions.
Ukrainian airliner crashes after take-off in Iran, killing all 176 aboard
A Ukrainian airliner burst into flames shortly after take-off from Tehran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people aboard in a crash that an initial report blamed on engine failure.
Black box of crashed Ukrainian airliner found: IRIB
Iranian rescue workers found a black box from the crashed Ukrainian airliner on Wednesday, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported.
Somalia bomb attack wounds 11
A bomb exploded at a busy junction in Mogadishu on Wednesday, wounding at least 11 people, the head of the rescue service in the Somali capital said.
