Putin, Merkel, Hollande discuss political solution to Ukraine crisis: Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, his French counterpart Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the Ukraine crisis on Friday, stressing the need for a political solution to the conflict in the Donbass, the Kr…
Nearly 96,000 unaccompanied children sought EU asylum in 2015: agency
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Nearly 96,000 refugee and migrant children who traveled to Europe alone in 2015 sought asylum in the European Union, almost four times as many as the previous year, an EU agency said on Friday.
U.S. legislators criticize China’s rights lawyer crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. legislators criticized China’s detention of dozens of human rights lawyers on Friday, a year after President Xi Jinping began a crackdown on dissent, while Germany urged China to live up to its human rights obligations.
British PM Cameron nominates diplomat Julian King as new EU Commissioner
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has nominated its current ambassador to France, Julian King, to become the country’s new representative at the European Commission, replacing Jonathan Hill who resigned last month after Britons voted to leave the bloc.
Turkey’s Erdogan calls on NATO to do more on fighting militant attacks
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called on NATO to do more to fight the threat of global terrorism, saying the 28-nation alliance needed to “update” itself to better adapt to new security threats.
In Asia, U.S. country rankings on human trafficking raise eyebrows
MANILA/HONG KONG (Reuters) – When the U.S. government last week raised the Philippines to its highest ranking in a report that assesses how much countries are battling human trafficking, putting it alongside the likes of Britain, Switzerland and Austra…
Kremlin: Russia, Japan to continue seeking compromise in territorial dispute
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Japan will continue seeking compromise in their territorial dispute over a set of islands north of Hokkaido, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
Iraqi PM dismisses top Baghdad security officials after bombing
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Friday dismissed three top officials in charge of Baghdad’s security after a bombing over the weekend killed nearly 300 people and caused outrage at the inadequacy of emergency services and th…
Militants blow up Eni oil pipeline in Nigeria: security agency
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Attackers blew up an oil pipeline in Nigeria’s southern Bayelsa state operated by a subsidiary of Italy’s Eni on Friday, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSDC) said.
U.S. troop cut won’t impact mission in Afghanistan: U.S. general
KABUL (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s decision to withdraw roughly 1,400 U.S. troops from Afghanistan won’t adversely impact America’s mission there, a top general said before arriving in Kabul on Friday, adding that some jobs could be done from a…
