Niger tells Europe it needs 1 billion euros to fight illegal migration
NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger, a major transit country for Africans seeking to reach the EU, told foreign ministers visiting from Europe on Tuesday it needs 1 billion euros to combat illegal migration.
UK ‘In’ camp retains lead ahead of EU referendum: TNS poll
LONDON, (Reuters) – The campaign for Britain to stay in the European Union retained its lead for a second consecutive week, according to a TNS online poll on Wednesday which put the “In” camp on 39 percent against 36 percent for the “Out” campaign.
West Africa pirates switch to kidnapping crew as oil fetches less
LONDON (Reuters) – Pirate gangs in West Africa are switching to kidnapping sailors and demanding ransom rather than stealing oil cargoes as low oil prices have made crude harder to sell and less profitable, shipping officials said on Tuesday.
Tajik Islamists’ lawyer goes on trial on fraud, extremism charges
DUSHANBE (Reuters) – A Tajik lawyer who represented members of a banned Islamist party went on trial on Tuesday in a case criticized by human rights groups as part of the government’s crackdown on dissent and basic freedoms.
U.S. tells Pakistan it will have to fund F-16s itself
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has told Pakistan it will have to finance the purchase of American F-16 fighter jets itself after members of the U.S. Congress objected to using government funds to pay for them.
Turkish Nobel laureate says Erdogan’s insult charges aimed at silencing dissent
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey is using the charge of insulting President Tayyip Erdogan to intimidate his opponents and silence dissent and European leaders must take a tougher line with Ankara on free speech, Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk said …
Canada’s government has trouble detecting citizenship fraud: watchdog
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s government is doing a bad job of weeding out fraudulent citizenship applications and this means ineligible people can obtain Canadian passports, the country’s top watchdog said on Tuesday.
Spain gears up for repeat election on June 26
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s King Felipe dissolved parliament on Tuesday and called a new national election for June 26 after a vote in December left such a fractured political landscape that no government could be formed.
German comedian says Merkel ‘served me up for tea’ to Turkey
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German comedian under investigation by prosecutors for mocking Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday of “filleting” him and serving him to a despot for tea in his first public comments since t…
UK’s ‘Out’ camp lead narrows ahead of EU referendum: ICM poll
LONDON (Reuters) – The campaign for Britain to leave the European Union saw its lead narrow slightly over the rival “In” campaign, according to a weekly online poll published by opinion poll firm ICM on Tuesday.
