Islamic State kills Christian priest in Egypt’s North Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamist militants gunned down a Christian priest in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula as he was fixing his car, the Interior Ministry and the Coptic Orthodox Church said on Thursday.
Croatia puts up barriers on border bridge with Serbia
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia, which last year saw hundreds of thousands of migrants pass through on their way to Western Europe, has erected metal barriers on a bridge at the border with Serbia to prevent illegal entry.
In Jerusalem, a cracked soccer pitch reflects wider fissures
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – It is dry, gray and uneven, but to the boys of Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood clinging to a hill behind Jerusalem’s Old City, their pint-sized football pitch, with its cracked surface and simple goalposts, was a precious refug…
Belgium transfers Paris attacks suspect to France
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – One of two men who drove to collect a key suspect in the Paris attacks the night after it occurred has been transferred to France from Belgium, Belgian federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
Euro zone will not add new members in next three years: Dombrovskis
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission does not expect any new countries to join the euro zone for at least the next three years, one of the vice presidents of the EU executive said on Thursday.
Merkel says German parliament to have a say in EU-Canada trade deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German parliament will be asked to vote on an EU-Canada trade deal, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, appearing to contradict European Commission plans for a simple approval procedure.
Charges against Myanmar’s ‘Saffron Revolution’ leader pile up
YANGON (Reuters) – A Yangon court, for the second time this week, laid additional charges dating from 2012 against a former monk and leader of Myanmar’s Saffron Revolution, a member of his legal team said on Thursday.
Putin: let’s see how British democracy works after Brexit
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday the market turbulence caused by Britain’s vote to leave the European Union will subside in the medium term but it remains to be seen if Britain will uphold its democratic principles….
Duterte, ‘the punisher’, sworn in as Philippines’ president
MANILA (Reuters) – Rodrigo Duterte was sworn in as the Philippines’ 16th president on Thursday, capping the unlikely journey of a provincial city mayor whose brash man-of-the-people style and pledges to crush crime swamped establishment rivals in last …
Pakistan plans talks with Afghanistan, U.N. agency over refugees’ return
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan plans talks with Afghanistan and the United Nations refugee agency to move longtime Afghan refugees to camps at home, the foreign office said on Thursday, after the numbers of those returning plunged this year.
