Skeptical Greens ready to start German coalition talks
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Greens on Monday rejected a deal reached within Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc to limit migrants to 200,000 a year, but said coalition talks should get under way anyway.
Kenya rights group: 37 killed in protests after August elections
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the Kenyan capital demanding election reforms on Monday, as a rights group said at least 37 people were killed in three days of protests that followed a presidential vote on Aug. 8 that was …
Ball in your court, weakened May tells EU on Brexit talks
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will tell the European Union on Monday the “ball is in their court” in Brexit talks, trying to advance negotiations despite a party conference that left her weaker than ever.
New surge of Rohingya flee Myanmar citing violence, hunger
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar sought refuge in Bangladesh on Monday, in a new surge in an unrelenting flow of people driven by violence the United Nations has denounced as ethnic cleansing and increasing…
British spy boss says cyber security as important as fighting terrorism
LONDON (Reuters) – Protecting Britain from cyber crime is as important as defending it against terrorism, the head of Britain’s GCHQ spy agency said on Monday.
Turkey urges U.S. to reverse visa suspension, defends arrest of consulate worker
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s Justice Minister said on Monday he hoped the United States would review its suspension of visa services to Turkish citizens after the arrest of a U.S. consulate employee last week, saying the case was a matter for Turkey’s j…
Protests but no talks as Catalonia crisis goes down to wire
BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish government and its Catalonia region showed no signs of compromise on Monday, a day after hundreds of thousands of pro-Spain unionists protested in Barcelona against Catalan leaders’ plans to declare independence…
Let’s get started on coalition talks, Germany’s Greens say
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Greens on Monday said talks on a three-way coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) should get under way after the conservative bloc overcame a key stumbling block by sett…
Iran promises ‘crushing’ response if U.S. designates Guards a terrorist group
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran promised on Monday to give a “crushing” response if the United States designated its elite Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group.
China says hopes Iran nuclear deal stays intact amid Trump criticism
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday it hopes the Iran nuclear deal will stay intact, playing an important role in keeping the peace, after a senior U.S. official said President Donald Trump is expected to decertify the agreement.
