EU agrees to extend border controls inside Schengen zone
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on Friday to extend temporary border controls inside the bloc’s free-travel zone for another three months to help cope with the migration crisis.
Merkel and Trump spoke about continuing U.S.-German ties: spokesman
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke by telephone on Thursday about continuing longstanding ties between Germany and the United States, a spokesman for Merkel said on Friday.
France’s Hollande to seek clarity from Trump in Friday phone call
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said on Friday he hoped U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would clarify his position on issues including conflicts in Syria and Ukraine and Iran’s nuclear deal when the two men talk by phone later in…
Turkey’s ruling AKP hopes for nationalist support on constitutional change, PM says
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s ruling AK Party hopes to make constitutional changes that could give President Tayyip Erdogan more power with the support of the nationalist opposition party, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Friday.
Bulgarian vote shows Russia winning hearts on EU’s eastern flank
SOFIA (Reuters) – Nearly 10 years after Bulgaria joined the European Union, many of its people feel their problems are too low down the priority list in Brussels.
Islamic State executes scores, stockpiles chemicals: U.N.
GENEVA (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters have executed scores more people around Mosul this week and are reportedly stockpiling ammonia and sulfur in civilian areas, possibly for use as chemical weapons, U.N. human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani…
Turkey detains chairman of opposition Cumhuriyet daily, paper says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish police detained the chairman of opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet at Istanbul’s main airport on Friday, less than a week after nine of its executives and journalists were formally arrested, the paper said.
Damascus, allies upbeat on Trump win, await his policies
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies hope to benefit from Donald Trump’s election win, believing it has saved them from the risks of an interventionist Clinton administration.
China’s Xi vows zero tolerance for separatist movements
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will never allow any part of its territory to break off, President Xi Jinping said on Friday, within a week of reining in Hong Kong independence moves and ignoring Taiwan’s urging to heed democratic aspirations in the Asian fi…
Smog lifts, but companies’ view of polluted Delhi skies is dim
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – As New Delhi grappled with its worst smog in 17 years, the head of India’s largest mobile payment firm got on a plane and left, one of thousands of professionals escaping pollution that could cost the capital and the broader econo…
