Support for Merkel rises, but doubts over refugee policy remain
BERLIN (Reuters) – Popular support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel has bounced back after hitting a 4-1/2 year low in February, a poll indicated on Monday, but a majority of voters are still sceptical her government will be able to reduce the refug…
Suicide attacks west of Baghdad kill eight: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – At least eight members of the security forces were killed in suicide car bomb attacks targeting a security checkpoint in the western Baghdad outskirts of Abu Ghraib, police sources said on Monday.
Macedonia police fire teargas at migrants while Europe bickers
IDOMENI/ATHENS (Reuters) – Macedonian police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of migrants who stormed the border from Greece on Monday as a deeply divided Europe traded barbs over the biggest humanitarian crisis in decades.
Irish rivals drag out stalemate, say both trying to form government
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s two biggest parties said on Monday they would each try to form their own government over the next 10 days, after an inconclusive election, a task analysts say will almost certainly fail and force them to contemplate an alli…
Colombia’s defense minister investigated over rebel visit
BOGOTA (Reuters) – The office of Colombia’s investigator general said on Monday it had started an investigation into possible failures on the part of the defense minister and high levels of the military which may have left civilians unprotected during …
Pakistan not to blame for Afghan troubles, official says on U.S. visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pakistan should not be blamed for carrying out a “duplicitous policy” or for the problems of Afghanistan, a senior Pakistan official said on Monday at the start of talks in the United States.
U.S. waging cyber war on Islamic State, commandos active
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is waging cyber attacks against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and its newly deployed commandos are also carrying out secret missions on the ground, Pentagon leaders said on Monday, in the latest signs of quie…
Ireland’s No.2 party calls for reform of parliament before coalition talks
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s second largest party on Monday called for a cross-party agreement to reform parliament before any talks begin on the formation of a new government following inconclusive elections last week.
Britain’s Cameron hits back at EU referendum foes with ‘Project Fact’
IPSWICH, England (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron hit back on Monday at critics who accuse him of using scare tactics to keep Britain in the European Union, saying he was behind “Project Fact” not “Project Fear”.
Kuwaiti minister hints driver who killed policeman may be a militant
KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait’s interior minister said on Monday that a man who rammed his car into a group of police officers last week, killing one of them, “belonged to an organization” – a wording that suggested the incident was an Islamist militant at…
