Greek air traffic controllers call off strike against EU/IMF reforms
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek air traffic controllers on Saturday called off a planned strike after a “constructive” meeting with the transport minister, cancelling labor action that would have grounded flights for four days.
Czech finance minister’s party wins regional elections
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The centrist ANO party of Finance Minister Andrej Babis won the Czech Republic’s regional elections on Saturday, putting the billionaire businessman in pole position for a parliamentary election due in October next year.
Grounded German Tornado fighters ready for action again
BERLIN (Reuters) – Six German Tornado fighter jets based in Turkey are ready to resume service in the fight against Islamic State after a technical problem was fixed, a Defence Ministry spokesman said on Saturday.
Mock border posts erected on Northern Irish border in Brexit protest
CARRICKCARNON, Ireland (Reuters) – Anti-Brexit campaigners erected six mock customs checkpoints along the Northern Ireland and Irish Republic border on Saturday, in a protest over the possible impact to peace, jobs and the free movement of workers.
Hungary’s leading leftist newspaper unexpectedly shuts
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s leading leftist newspaper Nepszabadsag has been shut and its employees suspended after the publication piled up significant losses despite cost cuts, owner Mediaworks said on Saturday.
Philippine military says no certainty war games with U.S. will end
MANILA (Reuters) – A review by the Philippines of joint military drills with the United States could see exercises continue or scaled back, a military spokesman said on Saturday, following more rhetoric from the president about scrapping them completel…
Anger as fighting in Afghan city Kunduz forces people to flee
KABUL (Reuters) – Parmi fled the fighting in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz with 13 members of her family this week, in shock at how quickly the city’s defenses had collapsed to the Taliban.
Two militants kill themselves in standoff with Turkish police
ANKARA (Reuters) – Two militants believed to be preparing a car bomb attack detonated explosives and were killed near Ankara on Saturday after Turkish police told them to surrender, the provincial governor said.
Egypt expresses ‘annoyance’ with U.S. Embassy over threat warning
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s foreign ministry sharply criticized the U.S. Embassy in Cairo for advising citizens to avoid large gatherings in the capital until Sunday, calling the move “unjustifiable”.
Militant group claims assassination of Egyptian policeman
CAIRO (Reuters) – A new Egyptian militant group, the Hasam Movement, on Saturday claimed responsibility for the killing of a policeman in the country’s north.
