Trump softens rhetoric after Iranian missile attacks, sees Iran ‘standing down’
President Donald Trump on Wednesday tempered days of angry rhetoric and suggested Iran was “standing down” after it fired missiles at U.S. forces in Iraq overnight, as both sides looked to defuse a crisis over the U.S. killing of an Iranian general
Militant attack in Nigerian town kills 20 soldiers, displaces 1,000 residents
About 20 soldiers were killed and nearly 1,000 people made homeless in a militant attack on a town in northeastern Nigeria, two residents and a military source said on Wednesday.
Two rockets fall inside Baghdad’s Green Zone
Two rockets fell on Wednesday inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, but caused no casualties, the Iraqi military said.
Exclusive: U.N. investigators find Yemen’s Houthis did not carry out Saudi oil attack
Yemen’s Houthi group did not launch an attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities in September, according to a confidential report by U.N. sanctions monitors seen by Reuters on Wednesday, bolstering a U.S. accusation that Iran was responsible.
Dozens excused from Weinstein jury as lawyers seek judge’s removal
Dozens of potential jurors were excused on Wednesday from serving in the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein, as the former movie producer’s lawyers accused the judge presiding over the trial of bias.
Two rockets fall inside Green Zone, no casualties: Iraqi military
Iraq’s military said on Wednesday that two rockets had fallen inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign missions, but caused no casualties. It did not provide further details.
Saudi Arabia will do everything to spare Iraq the danger of war: vice minister
Saudi Arabia’s vice minister of defense said on Wednesday the kingdom and its leadership stand with Iraq and will do everything in their power to spare it the danger of war and conflict between external parties.
Three Katyusha rockets fall inside Baghdad’s Green Zone: police sources
Three Katyusha rockets fell on Wednesday inside Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone which houses government buildings and foreign missions, causing a fire, Iraqi police sources told Reuters.
Norway to take 600 Libya evacuees from Rwanda camp
Norway this year will take in 600 people evacuated to Rwanda from Libyan detention centers, the Nordic country said on Wednesday as it sought to discourage the smuggling of refugees across the Mediterranean Sea.
Venezuela’s Maduro seeks oil contract changes with congressional shakeup: lawmakers
Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party hopes legislators it recently declared to be in charge of congress will approve changes to ownership of some crucial state oil assets, five opposition lawmakers said on Wednesday.
