President’s troops break siege of Yemen’s third city
CAIRO/ADEN (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Yemen’s president have broken a siege by the Iranian-allied Houthis around the strategic Yemeni city of Taiz, local fighters and residents said on Saturday, as the United States raised the possibility of a Syrian-…
Scotland’s SNP to start rebuilding independence campaign this summer
GLASGOW, Scotland (Reuters) – The Scottish National Party (SNP) will start building a new case for independence from the United Kingdom this summer, party leader and Scottish government head Nicola Sturgeon said on Saturday, without committing herself …
Portugal’s parliament could reject Turkey refugee aid, Greek loans – PM
LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s divided parliament may refuse to approve Lisbon’s contribution to new bailout loans for Greece and a European Union aid package to help Turkey deal with the migrant crisis, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Saturday.
Social Democrat leaders press for EU drive on growth
PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France and Italy led European Social Democrats on Saturday in calling for a batch of EU initiatives to revive economic growth, create jobs and restore hope to Europe’s youth.
Gaza Hamas leaders seek ‘new era’ with Egypt after accusations
GAZA (Reuters) – Three senior leaders of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas traveled to Cairo on Saturday to try to repair relations with Egypt after years of tension.
German tourist industry hits ‘rocky road’ hiring new migrants
BERLIN (Reuters) – Burkhard Scholz, the manager of a four-star hotel on the wooded shore of a lake near Berlin, had 10 trainee jobs up for grabs last year. But he only found two people to fill them, one of whom was an asylum seeker from Afghanistan.
Former employee of French embassy arrested in Tehran
DUBAI (Reuters) – A former employee of the French embassy in Tehran has been arrested at the airport after arriving in Iran to visit her critically ill mother, the opposition website Kalemeh reported on Saturday.
Trump without the hair? EU’s migration policy gets rough
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe’s emerging migration policy is looking increasingly like Donald Trump without the hair.
Avalanche in Italian Alps kills six, search continues
ROME (Reuters) – An avalanche killed six skiers in the Italian Alps on Saturday, making it one of the deadliest to hit the area in many years, a fire department spokeswoman said.
Thousands rally against Polish govt as constitutional crisis deepens
WARSAW (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Poles marched through Warsaw on Saturday demanding their government respect the constitution, in an escalation of a confrontation pitting the opposition, the country’s top court and the EU against the ruling cons…
