Bloomberg Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane (ICBPI) SpA, the Italian banking-services provider owned by private-equity firms, hired Bernardo Mingrone from UniCredit SpA as chief financial officer, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Mingrone will reorganize and develop ICBPI to prepare for a direct sale or a listing in the next three years, said one of the …

  Ankara / AFP Turkey on Saturday sent more tanks into the northern Syrian village of al-Rai to fight IS extremists, opening a new front after its intervention last month against the group, state media reported. The tanks crossed into the village from Elbeyli in the Turkish province of Kilis to provide military support to Syrian opposition fighters after ridding northern …

  London / AFP A reporter for Britain’s Times newspaper who hit the headlines after being kidnapped and shot in Syria said on Saturday that a recent Facebook video appeared to show the gunman was now a US-backed rebel. Anthony Loyd was seized along with photographer Jack Hill in 2014 as they were returning to Turkey after several days working in …