Germany says forces in Iran trying to torpedo nuclear deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – Responding to German intelligence agency reports that Iran has been trying to acquire nuclear technology in Germany, Berlin said on Friday that certain forces in Iran may be trying to undermine its nuclear deal with the West.
Bangladesh seeks to account for missing youth to head off attacks
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s prime minister has urged parents whose children have gone missing to provide information after some of the militants who attacked a Dhaka cafe last week turned out to be young men who had broken contact with their well-to…
German support for Merkel, EU surges after Brexit vote: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Public support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel has soared since Britain voted to leave the European Union, an opinion poll showed, helping reverse a fall in her popularity caused by the refugee crisis.
Putin, Merkel, Hollande discuss political solution to Ukraine crisis: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, his French counterpart Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the Ukraine crisis on Friday, stressing the need for a political solution to the conflict in the Donbass, the Kr…
Nearly 96,000 unaccompanied children sought EU asylum in 2015: agency
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Nearly 96,000 refugee and migrant children who traveled to Europe alone in 2015 sought asylum in the European Union, almost four times as many as the previous year, an EU agency said on Friday.
U.S. legislators criticize China’s rights lawyer crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. legislators criticized China’s detention of dozens of human rights lawyers on Friday, a year after President Xi Jinping began a crackdown on dissent, while Germany urged China to live up to its human rights obligations.
British PM Cameron nominates diplomat Julian King as new EU Commissioner
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has nominated its current ambassador to France, Julian King, to become the country’s new representative at the European Commission, replacing Jonathan Hill who resigned last month after Britons voted to leave the bloc.
Turkey’s Erdogan calls on NATO to do more on fighting militant attacks
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on NATO to do more to fight the threat of global terrorism, saying the 28-nation alliance needed to “update” itself to better adapt to new security threats.
In Asia, U.S. country rankings on human trafficking raise eyebrows
MANILA/HONG KONG (Reuters) – When the U.S. government last week raised the Philippines to its highest ranking in a report that assesses how much countries are battling human trafficking, putting it alongside the likes of Britain, Switzerland and Austra…
Kremlin: Russia, Japan to continue seeking compromise in territorial dispute
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Japan will continue seeking compromise in their territorial dispute over a set of islands north of Hokkaido, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
