Austrian president seeks to reassure Holocaust survivors on government
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s president pledged to be vigilant against anti-Semitism and xenophobia on Thursday after a Holocaust survivors group expressed concern about the new government that includes a far-right party founded by former Nazis.
Czech PM Babis supports incumbent Zeman in presidential election
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis backed incumbent Milos Zeman in the country’s presidential election, which starts with a first round on Friday and Saturday.
Tunisia deploys army, makes 300 arrests as violent unrest continues
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian protesters burned down a regional national security headquarters near the Algerian border, prompting authorities to send in troops after police retreated, witnesses said, as unrest over prices and taxes continued nationwide.
Turkey’s top court rules that two jailed journalists be released: CNN Turk
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that jailed journalists Mehmet Altan and Sahin Alpay be released, saying their rights have been violated, broadcaster CNN Turk reported.
Turkey to end extraditions to U.S. unless cleric is turned over, Erdogan says
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will not extradite any suspects to the United States if Washington does not hand over the cleric Ankara blames for orchestrating a failed 2016 military coup, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.
Myanmar admission soldiers killed Rohingya ‘an important step’: U.S. envoy
YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar’s admission that soldiers were involved in the murder of 10 Muslims in September was an important step and the United States hoped it would be followed by more transparency and accountability, the U.S. ambassador said on Thur…
Attorney General Sessions sets up Hezbollah investigation team
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has set up a team to investigate individuals and organizations providing support to Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Islamist group in Lebanon that the U.S. has branded a terrorist organization, Attorney Gen…
Migrants risk death crossing Alps to reach France
BARDONECCHIA, Italy (Reuters) – It took Abdullhai almost three years to get from his home in Guinea to a rocky, snow-covered Alpine mountain pass in the dead of winter, for what he hopes will be the final stage of his journey into France.
At least 15,000 Cameroonian refugees flee to Nigeria amid crackdown
ABUJA (Reuters) – More than 15,000 Cameroonian refugees have fled to Nigeria amid a crackdown on Anglophone separatists, the United Nations (UN) refugee agency and Nigerian government officials said on Thursday.
European powers urge Trump to preserve Iran nuclear deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain, France and Germany called on Donald Trump on Thursday to uphold a pact curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions on the eve of a sanctions ruling by the U.S. president they fear could torpedo an accord he has relentlessly criticize…
