Croatia opposition seeks government no-confidence vote on Agrokor handling
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia’s opposition parties on Thursday demanded a no-confidence vote in the government over its handling of a crisis at the country’s largest company, Agrokor, but analysts said the ruling coalition would likely survive.
Spanish prosecutor seeks arrest of ousted Catalan leader
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s state prosecutor sought a European arrest warrant for former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, now in Belgium, after he failed to appear at a High Court hearing on Thursday.
Russia sets out why it thinks U.N. wrongly accused Syria over sarin attack
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Thursday set out why it disputed U.N. and Western allegations that the Syrian government had been behind a deadly chemical attack on the opposition-held town of Khan Sheikhoun in April that killed dozens.
More than 180,000 people, mostly Kurds, displaced by Iraqi-Kurdish conflict
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – More than 180,000 civilians, mostly Kurds, have been displaced by the conflict between the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, humanitarian organizations said on Thursday.
Poland to ban Ukrainians with ‘anti-Polish views’
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland plans to bar Ukrainians with “anti-Polish views”, its foreign minister said on Thursday, emphasizing the nationalist credentials of his ruling party that often talks of the “historic wrongs” inflicted on Poles by their neighbo…
G5 Sahel launches military operation in African scrublands
DAKAR (Reuters) – A long-awaited multi-national military force in Africa’s Sahel region has begun operations to counter escalating Islamist insurgencies, participants in the joint effort said on Thursday.
Pressure mounts on Merkel over migrant policy in future coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has lost track of 30,000 rejected asylum seekers, Bild daily reported on Thursday, piling pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel to agree a migrant policy with potential coalition partners that ensures no repeat of a migration …
Iraq cannot try Islamic State’s atrocities in Mosul: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iraq is not capable of trying atrocities committed by Islamic State during the battle for Mosul so it must find other routes to justice such as the International Criminal Court (ICC), a U.N. human rights report said on Thursday.
Russian bombers strike Islamic State targets in Syria: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Six Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers struck Islamic State targets near the town of Abu Kemal in Syria on Thursday, RIA news agency reported, citing Russia’s Defense Ministry.
Libyan force says will not extradite brother of Manchester suicide bomber to UK
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A Libyan armed group holding the brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a pop concert in the English city of Manchester will not grant a British extradition request, its spokesman said on Thursday.
