Trump officials rush to Turkey as Moscow advances to fill Syria void from U.S. retreat
The Trump administration dispatched its top officials to Turkey on Wednesday for emergency talks to try to persuade Ankara to halt an assault on northern Syria, while Russian troops swept into territory abandoned by Washington in a sudden retreat.
France and Germany sign deal on space and arms control
France and Germany have signed a binding deal on arm exports control rules for jointly developed programs, the two countries said on Wednesday in a statement issued after a joint cabinet meeting held in Toulouse.
U.N. Security Council concerned by situation in northeast Syria
The U.N. Security Council said on Wednesday it was concerned by the risks of a deterioration in the humanitarian situation in northeast Syria and the escape of Islamic State fighters, but made no reference to a Turkish assault on Syrian Kurdish militia…
At least seven killed in Guinea protests this week: hospital staff
Guinea security forces killed at least seven protesters this week during demonstrations against a possible change to the constitution that could let President Alpha Conde seek a third term, hospital staff in the capital Conakry said.
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations chairman hopes Hong Kong bill will move soon
Senator Jim Risch, the Republican chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Wednesday he hoped that the full Senate would vote soon on legislation that would require the State Department to evaluate, at least once per year, wheth…
Trump downplays Turkey’s assault in Syria, touts sanctions over fighting
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday played down the crisis in Syria touched off by Turkey’s incursion against U.S.-allied Kurdish forces, saying the conflict was between Turkey and Syria and that it was up to the countries there to work it out.
Hundreds arrested worldwide in sweeping child-porn investigation
Law-enforcement officials in several countries said on Wednesday they had arrested hundreds of people around the world for participating in a child-pornography network that used sophisticated technology to hide its users’ identities.
Police free hundreds of males, some chained and beaten, from Nigerian school in third raid this month
Police freed about 500 men and boys from an Islamic school in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, many of whom had been chained to walls, molested and beaten, police sources said.
Yemeni government, separatists seen inking deal to end Aden standoff
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and southern separatists are expected to sign a deal to end a power struggle in the southern port of Aden that fractured an Arab coalition battling the Iran-aligned Houthi group, officials said.
Three militants, two civilians killed as violence spreads in Kashmir
Indian security forces killed three separatists, while suspected militants shot dead two people on Wednesday, one of the bloodiest days in Kashmir since New Delhi revoked the disputed region’s autonomy more than two months ago.
