­An Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities will only encourage the Islamic republic to develop nuclear weapons, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Mohamed ElBaradei, said on Wednesday.
“You can bomb their facilities, but you cannot bomb their knowledge,” he said. “If you were to bomb Iranian facilities, there would be a lesson for Iran - to develop nuclear weapons.”
( Comment: Iran is being encircled: Pakistan, Iraq, Aphganistan. Now Syria? After Iran, with India & Myanmar what do the soft underbellies of China & Russia look like? Can anyone say "The Domino Effect"? )

Parcel bomb explodes near Indonesian embassy in Paris
No one has been injured after explosion outside the Indonesian embassy in Paris on Wednesday.

Rocket attack hits market in central Afghanistan
At least three Afghan civilians have been reportedly killed and 17 others wounded in a rocket attack in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province. The Taliban fired three rockets at the governor’s office, Moghor’s Governor Sahib Khan said, as cited by Press TV. One of the rockets struck the city’s market.

Over 1,000 Kurds clash with police in Turkey
­Over a thousand Kurds have clashed with police in Turkey's Batman Province.

Russia’s Far East rocked by 4.5 quake
­A 4.5-magnitude earthquake has struck to the east of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, RIA Novosti news agency reports,

Syrian army ousts rebels from eastern city
­Syrian government forces have taken control of the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, driving out the armed opposition the Associated Press reports,