Greeks protest as government, lenders discuss new austerity
ATHENS (Reuters) – Thousands of people protested in central Athens on Wednesday against new austerity measures that the Greek government and its lenders have been discussing in an effort to conclude a drawn-out bailout review and unlock funds for the c…
Phones cut in eastern Ukraine as rebels seize firms
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A fifth of a million phone users in Ukraine’s rebel-controlled eastern city of Donetsk were cut off from the rest of the country on Wednesday after armed men took over the offices and equipment of the main fixed-line t…
UK PM May’s Brexit plan suffers setback in parliament
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house of parliament defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s government on Wednesday, voting in favor of a change to her Brexit plan that says she can only trigger exit talks if she promises to protect the rights of EU c…
Two British medics who joined Islamic State killed in Iraq: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – Two British medics who abandoned studies in Sudan to join Islamic State with a group of other students have been killed in fighting in Iraq, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
Detained journalist says Turkish prison better than police cell
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German-Turkish journalist whose arrest in Turkey has badly jolted relations between Ankara and Berlin was quoted on Wednesday as saying the conditions of his detention had improved markedly since his transfer to prison from a polic…
Canada, U.S. join forces on tackling border asylum-seekers
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian and U.S. officials are working on a plan to tackle asylum seekers crossing into Canada illegally, with American officials keen to discover how they entered the United States in the first place, said a source familiar with th…
U.S. commander downplays chance of big Iraq, Syria troop hike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. commander in Iraq on Wednesday downplayed the chances that the United States would deploy a large number of additional coalition forces to battle the Islamic State, even as President Donald Trump weighs options to sp…
Both Syrian sides see gains in peace talks as Russia weighs in
GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian peace talks in Geneva edged forwards on Wednesday, for the first time in six days of U.N.-led talks, as both sides saw hope of shaping the agenda to their liking and opposition negotiators met a senior diplomat from powerbroke…
Israeli settler shoots, kills knife-wielding Palestinian assailant
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday shot and killed a knife-wielding Palestinian assailant who broke into his home and stabbed him, the Israeli military said.
Juncker launches post-Brexit EU reform proposals
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday presented options for reforming the bloc to shore up its unity and popular support after Britain’s shock decision to withdraw.
