By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) – Likely Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a “bully” and the United States and its allies in Europe should be resolute in responding to Russian aggression. Bush, the brother of former U.S. President George W. Bush, is on a five-day tour of Europe in a bid to prove his foreign policy credentials before he is expected
By Mohammed Mukhashaf ADEN (Reuters) – At least 43 people were killed in heavy fighting in Yemen overnight and on Wednesday between supporters of exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and the country’s dominant Houthi group, residents, tribal and medical sources said. The clashes erupted ahead of U.N.-sponsored talks in Geneva next week aimed at ending a conflict that has drawn in Saudi Arabia and some of its allies on one
By Matt Spetalnick and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States is expected to announce on Wednesday plans for a new military base in Iraq’s Anbar province and the deployment of around 400 additional U.S. trainers to help Iraqi forces in the fight against Islamic State, a U.S. official said. The plan would expand the 3,100-strong U.S. contingent of trainers and advisers in Iraq and would mark an adjustment
By Stephen Kalin and Yara Bayoumy CAIRO (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up near Egypt’s ancient Karnak temple in the southern city of Luxor on Wednesday, security sources said, a possible sign that militants are shifting focus to target the country’s economic recovery. Although officials said no tourists were wounded, the attack at Karnak is the second in just over a week on a major tourist site in
By Seyhmus Cakan DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition party accused the government on Wednesday of standing aside in the face of attempts to “push the country into a civil war” by fomenting violence in the mainly Kurdish southeast. Four people have been killed since Tuesday and two people were shot and wounded overnight in the city of Diyarbakir, bringing the total wounded to seven, security sources said. Tensions
At least 20 fighters were killed in clashes in eastern Libya between Islamic State and another Islamist force that later declared jihad against its hardline rival, residents and medical sources said on Wednesday. Forces loyal to the official government later sent an air strike against suspected Islamic State positions in Derna, said Nasser al-Hassi, spokesman for Benghazi’s air base. Fighting erupted in the city of Derna after a leader in
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are rallying in midday trading, breaking a weeklong slump.
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Islamic State group gave only three options for the soldiers and police officers guarding Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, when they neared it a year ago: Repent, run or die.
On another day of turmoil for FIFA and the World Cup, the bidding contest for the 2026 tournament was put on hold.
The US-led coalition carrying out air strikes against the Islamic State group needs to target the jihadists’ command centres, but this is easier said than done, French army chief Denis Mercier said Wednesday. “It is exactly the same problem in Iraq today. France has ruled out joining air strikes against IS in Syria until a credible political transition has taken place in Damascus.