At razor-wire fence, migrants wait to reach EU free-travel zone
HORGOS, Serbia (Reuters) – Nila Eskanzadah, a 25-year-old midwife from Afghanistan, has been camping on the border between Hungary and Serbia for the past 16 days. She is on a list to cross to the other side of a razor wire fence into the EU free-trave…
EU envoy to Turkey resigns amid tensions over migration deal
ANKARA (Reuters) – The European Union’s top envoy to Turkey has resigned, EU officials said on Tuesday, after displaying what a Turkish minister said was disrespect for national values and for President Tayyip Erdogan.
Flow of civilians from Iraq’s Falluja slows as IS tightens grip
BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – About 40,000 residents of Falluja, Islamic State’s besieged stronghold near Baghdad, have fled in the last three weeks, but a similar number are trapped despite the Iraqi army’s attempts to secure escape routes for them,…
Power cuts, violence fuel Yemen separatists’ dreams
ADEN (Reuters) – Deprived of sleep by temperatures of over 40 degrees (104 F), Azal Mohammed was among dozens of young men burning tires last month to protest against persistent power cuts in Aden, a port city that was the capital of South Yemen.
Putin to discuss Syria with U.N.’s Ban, de Mistura on June 16
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura in St Petersburg on June 16, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters on Tuesday.
As migrant toll rises, IOM urges action to identify victims
GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 60,000 migrants have died making their way to new countries over the last 20 years, and their families rarely learned of their fate, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.
U.S.-backed forces in Syria appeal for aid for hundreds fleeing IS
NEAR MANBIJ, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – – U.S.-backed forces waging an offensive against the Islamic State-held city of Manbij in northern Syria appealed for international assistance for those fleeing the fighting on Tuesday as the forces tightened their…
Dalai Lama urges Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to ease Rohingya tension
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has a moral responsibility to try to ease tension between majority Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims, her fellow Nobel laureate, the Dalai Lama, said on Monday.
Italy’s 5-Star thrives without Grillo, shedding populist image
ROME (Reuters) – The unruly comedian who founded Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement is no longer whipping crowds into a frenzy at political rallies, but 5-Star, against all predictions, has proved it can outlive its creator.
U.S. Secretary of State Kerry to meet Venezuelan counterpart: U.S. officials
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Venezuelan counterpart Delcy Rodriguez on Tuesday alongside a meeting of Western foreign ministers, U.S. officials said, amid increasing international pressure on Venezuelan Pre…
