German minister in Istanbul
The German Interior Minister, Thomas de Maiziere says he sees no reason for German citizens to cancel their trips to Turkey. On Tuesday, a suicide bomber killed ten people in Istanbul. Most of them were German citizens. He made the comment during a news conference attended by his Turkish counterpart, Efkan Ala. The attack also injured 15 people, nine of them German. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu plans to visit the victims in the hospital later on Wednesday. He has said that a Daesh terrorist carried out the suicide bombing near the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia Museum. Both are popular with tourists.
10 US sailors detained
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has released 10 American sailors. Iran had detained the sailors after their boats entered Iranian waters on Tuesday. The US says the sailors were on their way to Bahrain from Kuwait. Iran released the American sailors after the US apologised for the incident.
Palestinian killed in Israeli air strike
The Israeli military says one of its jets targeted what it called “a terror cell” in the Gaza Strip. The Israelis accuse a group of Palestinians of planning a bomb attack near the Israeli border. Palestinian hospital officials confirmed the death of a 26-year-old man. There has been a recent escalation in violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories. 23 Israelis and 155 Palestinians have been killed since early October.
FIFA fires Valcke
The world governing body for football says it has fired Jerome Valcke from the position of FIFA Secretary General. FIFA’s Ethics Committee had suspended Valcke for 90 days in October, along with FIFA president Sepp Blatter, and vice-president Michel Platini. Blatter and Platini have been banned from the sport for eight years.
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