Italy Prime Minister Renzi to visit Iran next week
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi will visit Iran next week, his office said on Monday, three months after the Iranian president came to Europe to rebuild ties as years of economic sanctions ended.
About 25 killed in suicide attacks, shelling across Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – About 25 people were killed on Monday across Iraq, most of them in suicide attacks targeting members of Shi’ite militias and military forces, security officials said.
At least 55 killed in flash floods in northern Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Flash floods triggered by heavy rain in Pakistan have killed at least 55 people and rescuers were trying on Monday to help thousands of survivors including some cut off by a landslide in a mountain valley, officials said.
U.S., allies conduct 24 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted two dozen strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday, the coalition leading the operations said.
Ties between Germany and Russia enter new chill
BERLIN (Reuters) – At an hour-long meeting in Moscow on March 23, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov irritated his German counterpart by raising the case of a German-Russian girl who said she was raped by migrants in Berlin earlier this year.
Turkey must stop meddling in other states’ affairs, end support of terrorism, Russia says
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday that Turkey should stop its interference into the internal affairs of neighboring nations and support of terrorism.
How Europe built fences to keep people out
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – In early March, Europe’s migration chief Dimitris Avramopoulos squelched through a muddy refugee camp on Greece’s border with Macedonia and peered through the barbed-wire topped fence that stands between tens of thousands of migran…
India’s ruling party in tight fight in border state as voting begins
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will fall short of a majority in a border state after a tense anti-immigrant campaign, an opinion poll showed as voters on Monday trickled into polling booths in the first phase of a five-stat…
British Cold War double agent Philby details life of betrayal in Stasi video
LONDON (Reuters) – British double agent Kim Philby detailed his life of betrayal and the ease with which he was able to pass secrets to his Soviet controllers in newly-discovered video footage broadcast by the BBC on Monday.
Conservatives in Spain seen inching ahead in new election: poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s conservative People’s Party (PP) and newcomers Ciudadanos could claim a small majority in parliament if a new election is called after months of failed coalition talks, according to a poll published on Monday.
