BAGHDAD (Reuters) - One Iraqi soldier was killed, and two others were wounded in an attack by suspected Islamic State militants on an army post near Iraq’s city of Kirkuk, two security sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Timour Azhari)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday removed Cuba from a short list of countries the United States alleges are "not cooperating fully" in its fight against terrorism, a State Department official said.
"The department determined that the circumstances for Cuba’s certification as a 'not fully cooperating country' have changed from 2022 to 2023," the official said.
The official cited the resumption of... (continue reading...)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a broad aviation bill to boost air traffic controller staffing, increase funding to avert runway close-call incidents, and speed refunds for canceled flights.
The 387-26 vote sends the $105 billion, five-year measure to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to President Joe Biden for his signature.
The bill prohibits airlines from... (continue reading...)
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and wounded on Wednesday, becoming the latest European leader to be the target of an assassination attempt.
Slovak media said the shooter was a 71-year-old man but the motive was not immediately clear.
While assassination attempts on leaders in Europe have been relatively infrequent over the past 50 years, a number of prominent European politicians have been targets of... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) - Russian forces shelled the central Shevchenkivsyi district of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, on Wednesday, injuring two people and damaging a five-storey building, the regional governor said.
Oleh Syniehubov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the two men were being treated in hospital.
Reuters was unable to independently verify battlefield reports.
Kharkiv has been a frequent target of Russian... (continue reading...)
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