Turkey’s Erdogan to meet with Biden on summit sidelines: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will sit down with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden this week on the sidelines of a nuclear summit, and will likely have a chance to speak with President Barack Obama as well, the White House said on…
Turkey, Greece scramble to start EU deal as migrant arrivals rise
ANKARA (Reuters) – Five days before Turkey is due to begin taking back illegal migrants from Greece under a deal with the European Union, neither side is fully ready, with officials scrambling to be able to make at least a symbolic start as new arrival…
France investigates man on suspicion of planning ‘imminent’ attack
PARIS (Reuters) – A French judge on Wednesday put under formal investigation a Frenchman arrested last week on suspicion of planning an imminent act of “extreme violence”, Paris’ prosecutor said.
EU-India summit fails to defuse row over Italian marines
THE HAGUE/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and India failed on Wednesday to defuse a long-running row over two Italian marines accused of murder and the case moved to an international tribunal after four years of diplomatic squabbles.
Pakistan’s Sharif cancels visit to Washington in wake of attack
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has canceled plans to visit the United States after a bombing on Sunday killed 70 people in Lahore, the White House said on Wednesday after Sharif and President Barack Obama spoke by phone.
UK’s Hammond: Russia ‘going backwards’ on sanctions relief
TBILISI (Reuters) – Russia is moving further away from having Western sanctions lifted over its role in the Ukraine crisis, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told Reuters on Wednesday.
Few new pledges at U.N. talks to resettle Syrian refugees
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on countries on Wednesday to re-settle nearly half a million Syrian refugees in the next three years, but only Italy, Sweden and the United States immediately announced plans to play a part.
Second Peruvian bishop weighs in on elections, knocks frontrunner
LIMA (Reuters) – A second Roman Catholic leader in Peru weighed in on the country’s presidential elections, saying on Wednesday that he would never vote for frontrunner Keiko Fujimori and praising a candidate condemned by an archbishop at Easter mass.
Colombia, ELN rebels to begin peace talks in Ecuador
CARACAS/BOGOTA (Reuters) – The Colombian government will begin formal peace talks with leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, moving the country a step closer to ending its five-decade-old conflict, the two sides said in joint statement on Wedn…
Thousands attend funeral for controversial Toronto mayor Rob Ford
TORONTO (Reuters) – Thousands of people turned out on Wednesday for the funeral of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, whose tumultuous four years as the leader of Canada’s largest city included an admission that he smoked crack cocaine and a history of err…
