Bavaria accuses migration office of security flaws as Oktoberfest starts
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies accused the Federal Migration Office (BAMF) on Saturday of severe security flaws, saying its officials were not detecting forged passports when checking the identity of refugees.
Car of Germany’s anti-immigrant AfD party leader set ablaze
BERLIN (Reuters) – Unidentified attackers set fire to the car of Frauke Petry, the leader of Germany’s anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, police said on Saturday.
Norwegian hostage freed by al Qaeda-linked group in Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – A Norwegian man held hostage by the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Islamist militant group in the southern Philippines since September last year was freed on Saturday, Philippine officials said.
France’s Le Pen says she is ‘candidate of the people,’ eager for presidential vote
FREJUS, France (Reuters) – Far-right National Front party leader Marine Le Pen on Saturday said she was eager for France’s presidential election campaign to start, portraying herself as the “candidate of the people” and mocking her opponents’ primaries…
Turkish soldiers, Kurdish militants killed in violence in Turkey’s southeast
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Three Turkish soldiers and four Kurdish militants were killed on Saturday in clashes in the southeastern Hakkari province while Turkish gendarmerie launched helicopter-backed security operations elsewhere in the region, security so…
Juncker urges Britain to start Brexit talks ‘as soon as possible’
BERLIN (Reuters) – Britain should launch formal Brexit negotiations quickly and the bloc will not allow itself to be held back if London hesitates to trigger Article 50 of the EU treaty, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker was quoted as s…
Belgium reports first case of euthanasia for a minor
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A minor has been euthanized in Belgium in what is the first application of rules adopted by the country in 2014 allowing doctor-assisted death for children of all ages, the head of the national committee for euthanasia said on Satu…
Israeli forces kill Palestinian who stabbed soldier: army
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian who stabbed and wounded a soldier in the West Bank on Saturday, the military said, as a flare-up of a nearly year-old wave of Palestinian street attacks entered a second day.
Niger, Chad armies kill 38 Boko Haram fighters: Niger army
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Soldiers from Niger and Chad have killed 38 Boko Haram fighters during operations that followed attacks by the Nigerian Islamist group on two border towns in southeastern Niger earlier this week, Niger’s army said on Saturday.
TNT traces on EgyptAir plane debris split investigators: Le Figaro
PARIS/CAIRO (Reuters) – French investigators who found trace levels of the explosive material TNT on debris of an EgyptAir plane that crashed in May were prevented from further examining it, Le Figaro reported on Friday, a charge Egyptian officials den…
