U.S. military vows more complex training in Europe to deter Russia
BREMERHAVEN, Germany (Reuters) – The U.S. military on Sunday vowed to increase the scope and complexity of its European training exercises to deter Russian aggression, as more U.S. tanks, trucks and other equipment arrived in Germany for a big buildup …
Founder of Italy’s 5-Star proposes divorce from UKIP in EU parliament
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s maverick 5-Star Movement should cut ties with the anti-European Union UK Independence Party (UKIP) and consider hooking up with the Liberals in the European Parliament, 5-Star founder Beppe Grillo said on Sunday.
Suicide attacks kill 20 people in eastern Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Suicide bombs at two marketplaces in Baghdad, one of them claimed by Islamic State, killed at least 20 people on Sunday, police and medics said, the latest in a spate of militant attacks in the Iraqi capital that have left dozens de…
Former Pakistan army chief to head Saudi-led military alliance: Pakistani media
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s recently retired army chief Raheel Sharif has been appointed to lead a new Saudi-military alliance to fight terrorism, Pakistani media have reported.
Trafficker leaves migrants in freezing German motorway car park
BERLIN (Reuters) – A people smuggler left 19 migrants, including five children, at a motorway parking area in freezing temperatures in southern Germany and fled the scene, police said on Sunday.
Suicide bomb attack kills seven in Baghdad market: police, medical sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded marketplace in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least seven people and wounding over a dozen others, police and medical sources said.
Spain sees joint sovereignty over Gibraltar difficult if UK opposes
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain sees just a slim chance of joint sovereignty over Gibraltar if Britain opposes it, its foreign minister said in an interview with the leading Spanish newspaper El Pais.
British PM May denies her Brexit strategy is ‘muddled’
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she would set out her strategy for Brexit over the coming weeks, denying suggestions she was “muddled” in the pursuit of what she called the right relationship with the EU.
Israel apologizes over embassy worker’s vow to ‘take down’ UK minister
LONDON (Reuters) – The Israeli ambassador in London has apologized after a member of his staff was caught on camera saying he wanted to “take down” British Foreign Office Minister Alan Duncan, a high-profile UK government supporter of a Palestinian sta…
U.S. to send 300 Marines to Afghanistan’s Helmand province
KABUL (Reuters) – About 300 U.S. Marines will be sent to Afghanistan’s Helmand province to assist Afghan security forces battling Taliban insurgents in intelligence and logistics matters, the unit’s commander said over the weekend.
