Three Palestinians shot dead after killing Israeli officer
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli security forces shot dead three Palestinians who carried out shooting and stabbing attacks in which an Israeli border policewoman was killed in Jerusalem on Friday, police said.
1980s child murder case grips France
DIJON, France (Reuters) – A couple in their 70s were put under investigation in France on Friday over the grisly murder of their four-year-old great nephew over 30 years ago, reviving memories of an infamous case and sweeping news of an impending elect…
Kohl triumphed over skeptics to deliver German reunification and the euro
BERLIN (Reuters) – A towering figure of post-war European politics, Helmut Kohl pushed through German reunification and was a driving force behind the creation of the euro during a 16-year reign as German chancellor that spanned the tumultuous final de…
Saudi foreign minister says working on list of Qatar ‘grievances’
LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Friday the four Arab states that broke ties with Doha were drawing up a list of “grievances,” and would present them soon, warning that Qatar could not fund extremism and remain on good terms w…
As Brexit talks loom, UK PM May scrambles for deal to stay in power
LONDON/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Britain is likely to enter arduous talks on its exit from the European Union without a deal to keep Prime Minister Theresa May in power as negotiations with a Northern Irish “kingmaker” party grind into a second week.
Germany threatens retaliation if U.S. sanctions harm its firms
BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany threatened on Friday to retaliate against the United States if new sanctions on Russia being proposed by the U.S. Senate end up penalizing German firms.
Militant Saudi cleric survives assassination attempt in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Saudi Arabian cleric placed by Riyadh and its allies on a blacklist of people they call terrorists linked to Qatar said he survived assassination by a suicide bomber in Syria on Friday.
Turkish PM urges opposition head to call off 20-day protest march
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s prime minister urged the head of the main opposition party on Friday to end a 425 kilometer (265 mile) march from Ankara to Istanbul in protest over the jailing of one of his lawmakers, saying justice “cannot be sou…
European rights body criticizes draft Moldovan electoral law
KIEV (Reuters) – A pan-European rights body said on Friday there were significant concerns about a draft law in Moldova that would change the way the country conducts parliamentary elections and expand the powers of the president.
Helmut Kohl, father of German reunification, dies at 87
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of Germany’s 1990 reunification and mentor to Angela Merkel, has died at age 87, his Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) said on Friday.
