‘In’ camp’s lead cut to 1 point before UK vote on EU: The Sun
LONDON (Reuters) – The once double-digit lead of the campaign to keep Britain in the European Union over the rival “Out” camp has narrowed to just one percentage point, according to an opinion poll published by The Sun newspaper on Tuesday.
U.N. approves high seas crackdown on Libya arms smuggling
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday unanimously authorized a crackdown on arms smuggling in the high seas off Libya by allowing the inspection of vessels to seize and dispose of illicit weapons.
NATO to send troops to deter Russia, Putin orders snap checks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain, Germany and the United States advanced plans on Tuesday to spearhead a new NATO force on Russia’s border from next year, and Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered snap checks on combat readiness across his armed forces….
Police fire teargas, water cannon during Paris labor law protest
PARIS (Reuters) – Gangs of masked youths hurled stones and makeshift firebombs at riot police on Tuesday as tens of thousands of people marched through Paris in protest over a planned change of labor laws that would make hiring and firing easier.
Bahrain court shuts down main Shi’ite Muslim opposition group
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Bahraini court ordered the suspension of the main opposition group al-Wefaq and closed down its offices on Tuesday in what appeared to be an escalating campaign against dissent in the Western-allied Gulf Arab kingdom.
Israel’s reconciliation with Turkey seen bolstering its NATO cooperation
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s efforts to reconcile with NATO member Turkey will help enhance Israeli intelligence sharing and other security cooperation with the alliance, a NATO diplomat said on Tuesday.
Exclusive: North Korea may be ‘significantly’ upping nuclear bomb output – report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea may be significantly expanding its nuclear weapons production and could have added six or more weapons to its stockpile in the last 18 months, a U.S. research institute said on Tuesday.
Italian former PM Berlusconi’s heart surgery went ‘very well,’ says surgeon
MILAN (Reuters) – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had open heart surgery at the age of 79 on Tuesday, an operation his doctors described as a success and which his supporters greeted as a sign that he could soon return to the political…
Ivory Coast farmers face eviction, extortion in drive to save forests
CAVALLY FOREST, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Ivorian conservation agents are using the threat of eviction and prosecution to extort money from cocoa growers farming illegally in protected forest reserves, victims and rights groups say.
In Greenland, some suggest the unthinkable – rejoin the EU
NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) – Three decades after Greenland exited what is now the European Union, some of its politicians and business leaders say the vast Arctic territory should consider rejoining because of its slowness to diversify the economy away …
