Estonia calls for EU to spend more for defense in border states
MUNICH (Reuters) – Estonia, worried about a continued Russian military buildup, on Sunday called for the European Union to spend more on the defense of its external borders.
Five killed in attack on church in Russia’s Dagestan: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A man in Russia’s southern province of Dagestan shot into a crowd leaving a church on Sunday, killing five people and injuring at least five others, Russian news agencies reported, citing the local health ministry.
Leading SPD mayors back coalition with Merkel, poll shows
BERLIN (Reuters) – Leading Social Democrat (SPD) mayors favor joining a coalition government with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, a poll showed on Sunday, boosting the prospects of the center-left party backing the alliance in a ballot starti…
Turkey denies allegation of chemical attack in Syria
MUNICH (Reuters) – Turkey never used chemical weapons in its operations in Syria, and takes the utmost care of civilians, its foreign minister said, after Syrian Kurdish forces and a monitoring group accused it of carrying out a gas attack in Syria’s A…
All 65 passengers, crew feared dead in Iranian plane crash
DUBAI (Reuters) – All 65 passengers and crew were feared dead in a plane crash in central Iran on Sunday after the domestic flight came down in bad weather in a mountainous region.
Swastikas, slurs daubed on Polish embassy in Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM/WARSAW (Reuters) – Swastikas and profanities were daubed on the entrance to Poland’s embassy in Israel on Sunday after Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Jews, as well as Poles and others, were among perpetrators of the Nazi Holoca…
Exclusive: For now, U.S. wants Europeans just to commit to improve Iran deal
WASHINGTON/PARIS/MUNICH (Reuters) – The United States has sketched out a path under which three key European allies would simply commit to try to improve the Iran nuclear deal over time in return for U.S. President Donald Trump keeping the pact alive b…
Top German lawmaker in security row with Turkey at Munich meeting
BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – A row broke out on Sunday between a leading German politician of Turkish origin and Turkey’s delegation at the Munich Security Conference, with the lawmaker being given police protection after what he said was a tense encounte…
Netanyahu says Israel could act against Iran’s ’empire’
MUNICH (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel could act against Iran itself, not just its allies in the Middle East, after border incidents in Syria brought the Middle East foes closer to direct confrontation.
Poland PM’s comments on ‘Jewish perpetrators’ not Holocaust denial: government statement
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s government said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki’s comments saying Jews were perpetrators in World War Two as well as Poles and others, which were condemned by Israel, were not intended to deny the Holocaust.
