‘Out’ camp widens lead over ‘In’ ahead of UK’s EU referendum: ICM
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s “Out” campaign has widened its lead over the “In” camp ahead of the country’s June 23 referendum on its membership of the European Union, two opinion polls published by ICM showed on Monday.
Nervous Baltics on war footing as NATO tries to deter Russia
VILNIUS (Reuters) – Leaders in the Baltic countries and Poland fear the force NATO plans to deploy on their territory is too small and symbolic to deter an attack by Russia, whose 2014 annexation of Crimea is fresh in the memories of the former Soviet-…
Lebanon PM says bank bombing harms national security
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s prime minister said on Monday a bomb attack at a major bank had harmed national security after an incident seen as a dangerous escalation of a crisis over a U.S. law targeting the finances of Shi’ite group Hezbollah.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram victims bounce back with businesses in camps
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – With more than one million people living in camps around Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, having fled their homes due to Boko Haram attacks, some are finding innovative ways to rebuild businesses from scratch.
Bosnian children with Islamic State are ‘time bomb’, study says
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – More than 80 Bosnian children are in Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq and represent a “time bomb” that could pose a major security risk when they return, a study said on Monday.
Brexit needed to stop ‘Orlando-style atrocity’, campaign group says
LONDON (Reuters) – A group campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union urged voters on Monday to back a British exit from the EU, or “Brexit”, to prevent what it called “an Orlando-style atrocity”, a message condemned by rival campaigners.
U.S. plans billions in Afghan funding until 2020, seeks allies’ help
KABUL (Reuters) – The United States is asking its allies helping with security in Afghanistan to maintain funding for Afghan forces at a cost of nearly $5 billion a year until at least 2020, a top U.S. military commander said on Monday.
U.S. plans billions in Afghan funding until 2020, seeks allies’ help
KABUL (Reuters) – The United States is asking its allies helping with security in Afghanistan to maintain funding for Afghan forces at a cost of nearly $5 billion a year until at least 2020, a top U.S. military commander said on Monday.
Egypt builds new homes to replace crumbling slums
CAIRO (Reuters) – Bayada Mohamed has left her old slum on a crumbling cliffside and moved into a new flat in a Cairo residential complex, making her among the first to benefit from a government plan to rehouse residents of Egypt’s most dangerous slums….
Egypt builds new homes to replace crumbling slums
CAIRO (Reuters) – Bayada Mohamed has left her old slum on a crumbling cliffside and moved into a new flat in a Cairo residential complex, making her among the first to benefit from a government plan to rehouse residents of Egypt’s most dangerous slums….
