Turkey troops to stay in Iraq's Bashiqa until Islamic State out of Mosul: deputy PM

Saudi forces down missile fired by Yemen's Houthis: agency


DOHA Saudi air defense forces shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen's Houthi militia toward Khamees Mushait city in the kingdom's southwest on Tuesday night, a Saudi-led coalition said in a statement carried by the state news agency SPA.




Paris attacker's lawyers resign, say his silence due to constant surveillance


PARIS Lawyers for the only known survivor of a group of Islamist militants who killed 130 people in Paris last year on Wednesday resigned from the role, saying his continued refusal to testify was due to the conditions of his detention.




Germany may tighten rules allowing failed asylum seekers leave to stay: paper


BERLIN New draft legislation would make it harder for some migrants who have been denied asylum in Germany to obtain waivers to stay in the country, the German newspaper Die Welt said on Wednesday.