Israel elected to head permanent U.N. committee for first time
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israel on Monday won an election to chair the United Nations’ legal committee, the first time that it will head one of the world body’s six permanent committees since joining the U.N. in 1949.
Europeans view Islamic State as top threat: survey
BERLIN (Reuters) – Europeans view the militant group Islamic State as the biggest threat facing their countries, ahead of climate change, economic instability and refugees, a survey by the Pew Research Center showed on Monday.
Iraq makes arrests over reports of Sunnis executed in Falluja
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq said on Monday it had made arrests as it investigates allegations that Shi’ite militiamen helping the army retake Falluja had executed dozens of Sunni Muslim men fleeing the city held by Islamic State.
U.N. agency cuts 2016 estimate for refugee arrivals in Europe via Greece
GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. refugee agency said on Monday it expects 248,000 refugees and migrants to arrive in Europe via the Eastern Mediterranean this year, far lower than the “up to 1 million” it foresaw at the start of the year.
Egyptian investigators say EgyptAir black boxes to stop emitting signals June 24
CAIRO (Reuters) – The flight data recorders from an EgyptAir jet that crashed in the Mediterranean last month are expected to stop emitting signals on June 24, and search boats are working against the clock to retrieve them, Egyptian investigators said…
Second U.S. aircraft carrier enters Mediterranean: U.S. Navy
BERLIN (Reuters) – The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower entered the Mediterranean late on Monday, the U.S. Navy said, at a time when U.S. officials are raising alarm over Russia’s maritime expansion.
German president dines with Muslims, urges tolerance after Orlando shooting
BERLIN (Reuters) – German President Joachim Gauck joined a Ramadan dinner on Monday, warning against demonizing Muslims a day after a man pledging allegiance to Islamic State shot dead 49 people in a U.S. nightclub.
U.S. may not make Afghanistan troop decision by Warsaw summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama may not decide before a NATO summit next month whether to alter plans to nearly halve America’s forces in Afghanistan, a diplomat and a U.S. official said.
U.S. says Apache helicopter carries out strike in Iraq
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States carried out a strike in Iraq on Monday against an Islamic State target using an Apache attack helicopter for the first time since President Barack Obama authorized its use in offensive operations earlier this year…
Fijian diplomat elected president of U.N. General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The ambassador of the tiny Pacific Island nation of Fiji on Monday won a rare election for the post of president of the United Nations General Assembly, a position that has been the focus of a corruption scandal in the United…
