EU, NATO remain Turkey’s key partners: Turkish envoy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and NATO remain Turkey’s key partners despite its rapprochement with Russia, and differences with the EU on the application of a deal on migrants can be soon ironed out, Turkey’s ambassador to the bloc said on We…
Ethiopia must allow in observers after killings: U.N. rights boss
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief urged Ethiopia on Wednesday to allow international observers into restive regions where residents and opposition officials say 90 protesters were shot dead by security forces at the weekend.
Venezuelans flood Brazil border in 36-hour grocery run
PACARAIMA, Brazil (Reuters) – Government employee Jose Lara this month used some vacation days to take a long scenic bus ride through the verdant plateaus and sweeping savannas of southern Venezuela, but the trip was anything but a holiday.
‘None is left’: Pakistani legal community decimated by bombing
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani lawyer Ataullah Lango had just arrived at the Civil Hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta to mourn the slain head of his provincial bar association when he heard a loud explosion and felt the pain of glass s…
South Sudan says no to proposal for U.N.-commanded troops in Juba
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan said on Wednesday it opposed a proposal to station extra foreign troops in the country under U.N. command, something the United States, Western nations and regional countries want in order to prevent a slide back into civil…
Out of sight, out of mind? Europe’s migrant crisis still simmers
ATHENS/ZAGREB (Reuters) – A year after hundreds of thousands of refugees snaked their way across southeastern Europe and onto global television screens, the roads through the Balkans are now clear, depriving an arguably worsening tragedy of poignant v…
U.S. says 300 Islamic State fighters killed in Afghan operation
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Afghan forces, backed by the United States, have killed an estimated 300 Islamic State fighters in an operation mounted two weeks ago, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said on Wednesday, calling it a severe blow to t…
Stumped by transgender pension case, UK top court seeks EU help
LONDON (Reuters) – A complex legal dispute involving a transgender woman’s pension rights over a period when her gender had not been officially recognized has divided Britain’s Supreme Court, which referred the issue on Wednesday to the European Union’…
Spain’s conservatives to vote on pact with Ciudadanos August 17
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Wednesday his conservative party’s leadership would next week vote on whether to agree to reforms demanded by liberals Ciudadanos (“Citizens”) as a condition to form a government.
German police arrest second suspect after tip-off on possible attack
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in connection with an investigation into a 24-year-old Syrian refugee detained on Friday after authorities were tipped off that he was planning a possible Islamist-motivated attack, offic…
