Islamic State kills 215 in southwest Syria attacks: local official
Islamic State militants killed more than 200 people in a coordinated assault on a government-held area of southwestern Syria on Wednesday, local officials and a war monitor said, in the group’s deadliest attack in the country for years.
Israeli tank fire kills two Hamas men in Gaza in border flare-up
Israeli tank fire killed two Palestinian militants as violence flared on the Israel-Gaza border on Wednesday, four days after a de facto truce that had been largely holding.
Attacks in Syria’s Sweida killed 215: health director
Attacks in the Syrian province of Sweida killed 215 people on Wednesday, the director of health in the southwestern province told the pro-government Sham FM.
Wary of U.S. ally, Syrian Kurds look to Damascus for talks
Syria’s Kurds are trying to forge ties with Damascus as they seek to protect gains made in seven years of war, wary of its unpredictable U.S. ally and more ready than ever to negotiate with President Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. calls on Russia to end Crimea occupation: Pompeo
The United States refuses to recognize Russia’s claim of sovereignty over Ukraine’s Crimea and called on Moscow to end its occupation of the peninsula, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.
Italy’s Salvini protests after Christian magazine likens him to Satan
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has protested to Italy’s leading Roman Catholic weekly, Famiglia Cristiana, after it compared him to Satan on its front cover because of his uncompromising stance over immigration.
For Russian business, Putin’s summit win over Trump turns sour
Russia’s political and business leaders were quick to chalk up last week’s summit with U.S. President Donald Trump as a victory for Vladimir Putin. Now some fear Putin may have overplayed a winning hand and are bracing for a U.S. sanctions backlash.
Pakistan’s Imran Khan sees early projected lead in election
Pakistan was locked in a close and tense election race on Wednesday, pitting cricket hero Imran Khan against the party of jailed ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a process marred by a suicide bomb that killed 31 people near a polling station.
Colombia’s Uribe says Britain’s MI6 part of ‘ruse’ against him
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday accused President Juan Manuel Santos and Britain’s MI6 spy agency of participating in a plot against him, a day after resigning his Senate seat to face a bribery and fraud investigation by the Supre…
South Sudan government, main opposition group sign peace deal
South Sudan’s government and the main rebel group inked a power-sharing deal in the Sudanese capital on Wednesday which they hope will end years of conflict, a Reuters witness said, but smaller opposition groups have refrained from signing.
