Exclusive: U.N. expects up to 300,000 Rohingya could flee Myanmar violence to Bangladesh
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Up to 300,000 Rohingya Muslims could flee violence in northwestern Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh, a U.N. agency official said on Wednesday, warning of a funding shortfall for emergency food supplies for the refug…
EU to raise pressure on Poland over democracy concerns: sources
TALLINN (Reuters) – European Union states will this month debate increasing pressure on Poland to uphold the rule of law, sources said, as the next stage in a process that could see its government formally denounced as anti-democratic.
Casualties in explosion at airfield near Kabul: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An explosion at an entry control point at Bagram airfield near the Afghan capital Kabul caused a small number of casualties, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.
EU refugee court ruling triggers new east-west feuding
LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that member states must take in a share of refugees who reach Europe, dismissing complaints by Slovakia and Hungary and reigniting an east-west row that has shaken the Union’s co…
France’s Macron plans end to retire-young rail pensions
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron wants to scrap rules allowing some state rail workers to retire on a full pension up to 10 years before most other French workers.
Pope heads to Colombia to help heal wounds of 50-year war
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Pope Francis arrives in Colombia on Wednesday with a message of unity for a nation deeply divided by a peace deal that ended a five-decade war with Marxist FARC rebels but left many victims of the bloodshed wary of the national heali…
Hashtag politics: Merkel tries to get in with Germany’s kids
BERLIN (Reuters) – After 12 years in power, Chancellor Angela Merkel is presenting herself as more than just Germany’s ‘Mutti’, campaigning in cyberspace to get in with younger voters and win their support for long after elections this month.
Germany says Putin move on U.N. peacekeepers in Ukraine a ‘step’
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany welcomed on Wednesday a suggestion by Russian President Vladimir Putin that armed U.N. peacekeepers could be deployed to eastern Ukraine to help protect ceasefire monitors, but said any prospect of lifting sanctions was still…
Time for EU to decide on Turkey’s membership bid, Erdogan says
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s president said on Wednesday it was time for the EU to make up its mind whether it wants his country to join the bloc, a day after Germany’s Angela Merkel vowed to push her EU partners to consider suspending or ending its acc…
Catalonia announces law to formalize Oct. 1 vote on split from Spain
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia on Wednesday announced a law to make formal its plans for an Oct. 1 referendum on whether to declare independence from Spain, a vote the government says is illegal and has said it will stop.
