LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Yazidi women who have been raped, enslaved or married off to Islamic State militants in Iraq will be welcomed back into the community, the leader of the minority group said on Wednesday, in a gesture to help remove the stigma of rape.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The Syrian government is ready to resume peace talks without preconditions and the country "will not become another Libya or Iraq," Syrian U.N. Ambassador Bashar al-Ja'afari told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday.

VILNIUS (Reuters) - The Lithuanian language sign in Vilnius's former Jewish quarter reads "Jewish Street" and below hangs a Hebrew version, with Star of David. Not far away, in Cyrillic letters, is the plaque announcing Russia Street, and then there is Warsaw Street.

VIENNA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Arab member states in the U.N. nuclear watchdog have shelved an annual bid to pressure Israel into accepting international scrutiny of its atomic activities pending a revamp of their tactics, a senior diplomat said.

LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The Islamist terrorist threat to the West will endure for years to come because simply taking back territory from Islamic State will not solve the deeper global fractures which have fostered militants, Britain's foreign intelligence chief has said.

ANKARA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim may meet with the heads of the main opposition and nationalist opposition parties to discuss constitutional changes, he said on Wednesday, adding that constitutional changes could come through "compromise."

ANKARA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Turkey carried out six air strikes and killed three Islamic State militants on the 29th day of its ongoing incursion into northern Syria, the military said in a statement on Wednesday.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has reformed its food committee and it will work to prevent an "unfair rise" in food inflation, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Wednesday, announcing a number of measures aimed at easing strain on consumers.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Union on Wednesday called on President Barack Obama to block a U.S. bill allowing survivors and families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia, saying it was in violation of international law.