Iran defense minister dismisses Israel threats - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
The semiofficial Mehr news agency on Tuesday quoted Gen. Ahmad Vahidi as saying Israeli leaders are resorting to "psychological war" against Iran. Israel has not ruled out a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. The West suspects Iran is … Romney: Obama running "just to hang on to power" - CBS News
(CBS News) The back-and-forth on who is running a nastier presidential campaign continued Wednesday, with Republican candidate Mitt Romney saying that President Barack Obama was running "just to hang on to power" and has based his campaign on "division … US launches new program allowing young illegal immigrants to stay - Fox News
The Obama administration on Tuesday directed young illegal immigrants to fill out new forms and pay $465 if they want to apply under a new program that would let them avoid deportation and obtain a US work permit. The government renewed warnings that … Liberia arrests six over Ivory Coast border attack
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Liberian troops have captured six men they believe carried out raids on border posts in neighboring Ivory Coast this week, Liberia’s defense minister said on Wednesday. Gunmen attacked border checkpoints manned by the Ivorian military near the town of Toulepleu in Ivory Coast’s volatile western borderlands on Monday morning. The fighting lasted much of the day, and one Ivorian soldier was wounded. …
Calm returns to French city after riots
Tensions appear to have subsided in a northern French city after police fanned out overnight to prevent a repeat of riots that left a pre-school in ashes and revived concerns about security in France’s housing projects.
China, S.Korea demand Japan face up to war past
China and South Korea on Wednesday pressed Japan to face up to its wartime past, as festering territorial disputes flared and Asia marked the anniversary of Tokyo's World War II surrender. Asia 'megacities' face disaster timebomb
Asian nations must act quickly to protect their cities from flooding and other natural disasters as rapid urbanisation raises environmental risks, the Asian Development Bank said Wednesday. Army chief vows Mali troops 'will oust Islamists'
Mali's army chief of staff Ibrahima Dembele has pledged that Malian rather than West African regional troops will eject Islamists from the country's occupied north. History, political change behind NE Asia spats
Nearly seven decades after Japan surrendered, leadership changes in Northeast Asia are fuelling territorial disputes that are themselves the legacy of a war the region never really settled, analysts say. BREAKINGVIEWS-An alternative Independence Day message for India - Reuters
(Fixes punctuation in paragraph 4) (The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) By Jeff Glekin MUMBAI, Aug 15 (Reuters Breakingviews) – India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave a vague speech on India's … Bomb explosion rocks Damascus UN hotel - The Guardian
A bomb exploded in central Damascus on Wednesday near several military buildings and a hotel housing UN observers, wounding three people and sending a pillar of black smoke into the sky above the Syrian capital. No UN staff were hurt in the blast, … TSX may open lower, markets wary on stimulus
(Reuters) – Canada's main stock index, with its heavy weighting of resource issues, looked set to open lower on Wednesday as commodity prices fell and investors stayed on the sidelines awaiting clues from major central banks on economic stimulus. TOP STORIES Retailer Sears Canada Inc reported a wider second-quarter loss on a drop in sales at its outdoor power equipment category and lower sales during weekends. Standard Chartered is pursuing a collective settlement with other U.S. … Kenya opens inquest on poor Olympic showing
Kenya's under-fire Olympic team received a tumultous welcome home from family and friends on Wednesday, even as the government announced an inquest on the poor showing at the London Games. Insight: Chavista militants may be wild card after Venezuela vote
CARACAS (Reuters) – Sitting in front of a mural of Jesus and the Virgin Mary armed with AK-47s, three red-shirted children are clutching assault rifles and copies of Venezuela's constitution. The photo, taken in a poor Caracas neighborhood and posted online earlier this year by the militant left-wing group "La Piedrita" (The Little Stone), triggered outrage across the South American nation and beyond. … Striking platinum miners confront South Africa police
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – Thousands of striking miners armed with machetes and sticks faced off with South African police on Wednesday at Lonmin’s Marikana mine after it halted production following the deaths of 10 people in fighting between rival unions. Lonmin, the world’s third-largest platinum producer, has threatened to sack 3,000 rock drill operators if they fail to end a wildcat pay strike that started on Friday at Marikana, its flagship mine 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Johannnesburg. …
3rd body found in Kenya helo crash; 4 missing
A Kenyan military official says rescue workers have found a third body at the crash site of a Ugandan military helicopter on Mount Kenya.
Main players in Syria's civil war
Here are key players in the Syrian civil war:
Malawi says no war with Tanzania over lake dispute
Malawian President Joyce Banda said Wednesday her country will not "go to war" with Tanzania over a border dispute in Lake Malawi, now poised to become a new oil and gas frontier. Fighting continues in Aleppo - euronews
The violence continues in Aleppo as pro-government forces try to dislodge the rebel Free Syrian Army using heavy artillery and air strikes. Accurate figures of the death toll are impossible but observers say that anywhere between 18 and 20000 people … 
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