Timing of solution on visa liberalisation up to Turkey: EU’s Hahn
ANKARA (Reuters) – European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said on Friday he believed a solution to a dispute with Turkey over the pace of visa liberalisation was possible and the timing up to Ankara.
Scotland will not hold an independence vote for five years, says former leader
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Scotland will not hold another vote on independence in the next five years because there is no sign it can be won, but the risk of secession from the United Kingdom is growing, a former Scottish first minister predicts.
Turkish air strikes destroy four targets in northern Syria: military
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish air strikes destroyed four stationary targets in northern Syria on Friday, the military said in a statement, as it continues attacks against militants in the region.
Russia bolsters military force in Crimea: Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has formed a “self-sufficient military group” in Crimea capable of repelling attempts to seize the peninsula, Interfax news agency quoted the Defence Ministry as saying on Friday.
At least two dead as train derails in northern Spain
MADRID (Reuters) – At least two people have died after a train derailed in Galicia, in northern Spain, a spokesman for the local emergency services said on Friday.
NATO chief says welcomes Turkey’s efforts against Islamic State: NTV
ANKARA (Reuters) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday he welcomed Turkey’s efforts against Islamic State and that Ankara had a right to defend itself.
Duterte says he told Obama he never insulted him, thinks U.N.’s Ban a fool
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told Barack Obama he never called him a “son of a bitch”, he said on Friday, but he maintained a defiant stance on his war on drugs, saying U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon was a fool for bringing up human…
Iraq gears up for late-year push to retake Mosul from Islamic State
QAYYARA AIRBASE, Iraq (Reuters) – The U.S.-led war on Islamic State has depleted the group’s funds, leadership and foreign fighters, but the biggest battle yet is expected later this year in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dec…
Washington state will not charge police in Mexican laborer’s slaying
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The U.S. state of Washington has decided not to file criminal charges against the three police officers who fatally shot an undocumented Mexican farm worker in 2015 after he threw rocks at them and ran through a crowded intersection…
Duterte, Obama shake hands and chat after rift over insult
VIENTIANE (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte shook hands and had a brief chat on Wednesday, officials said, easing a standoff after Duterte called Obama a “son of a bitch” ahead of a summit of Asian leaders…
