Greece says Europe in nervous crisis over migrants, needs to share burden
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will press for solidarity with refugees and fair burden-sharing among European Union states at Monday’s emergency EU summit with Turkey, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Sunday, lashing out at border restrictions that led…
U.S. leads 19 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military
WASHINGTON(Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 19 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said.
German minister calls Trump a threat, Merkel lauds Clinton
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel has branded leading U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a threat to peace and prosperity while Chancellor Angela Merkel said it had always been a pleasure to work with Democrat H…
Afghans feel forgotten in Europe’s migrant crisis
CESME, Turkey (Reuters) – As the European Union and Turkey focus on stemming the flow of Syrian refugees attempting perilous journeys across the Aegean sea to Greece, another migrant community whose numbers are also swelling says it is being overlooked…
Turkish opposition newspaper turns pro-government after state takeover
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A day after Turkey’s top-selling newspaper Zaman was taken over by the state, it dropped its criticisms of the government on Sunday and published flattering stories on President Tayyip Erdogan.
Britain faces ‘golden opportunity’ outside EU, says London mayor
LONDON (Reuters) – London’s influential mayor on Sunday denied personal ambition was behind his decision to campaign for Britain to leave the European Union and said it was a “golden opportunity” for the country to forge its own trade deals with the wo…
U.N. chief says envoy to restart diplomacy for Western Sahara talks
ALGIERS (Reuters) – United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday he had asked his envoy for the disputed Western Sahara territory to meet the Polisario independence movement and Morocco to bring the two sides back to negotiations to end their confli…
Indonesia to strip license from Bali ferry company after five drown
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s transportation ministry will revoke the operating license of a ferry company whose vessel sunk in the Bali Strait on Friday, killing five of the 81 people on board including a mother and her infant child.
Slovak PM Fico wins election but faces tough task to form majority
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico won Saturday’s parliamentary election, nearly complete results showed, but gains by opposition parties including the far right will make it very hard if not impossible to form a new government.
Russian embassy in Kiev protests over damage to its cars: RIA
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russia’s embassy in Kiev sent a note of protest to Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Sunday about attacks on the embassy’s cars, the RIA news agency quoted embassy spokesman Oleg Grishin as saying.
