Merkel defends open borders for migrants amid German rift
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday defended her open-door policy for migrants, rejecting any limit on the number of refugees allowed into her country despite divisions within her government.
As sea levels rise, economic damage piles up even faster: study
OSLO (Reuters) – As sea levels rise, threatening cities from New York to Shanghai, the economic damage will increase even faster, scientists said on Monday.
Syria rebels say attacks by army and Russian planes threaten truce
BEIRUT/ GENEVA (Reuters) – The Syrian opposition warned on Sunday that attacks by the army, backed by Russian warplanes, threatened a U.S.-Russian deal for a cessation of hostilities with collapse and endangered future peace talks.
Iran’s Rouhani welcomes poll wins that could mean faster reform
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and reformist partners won a big vote of confidence in elections that could speed up Iran’s emergence from isolation, and a key ally told long dominant hardliners to accept that voters wanted them to …
Iran top leader Khamenei praises high turnout in elections: media
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the high turnout in elections for parliament and the Assembly of Experts, in his first comment since Friday’s twin contests, Iranian media reported on Sunday.
Irish instability looms as rival parties doubt coalition prospects
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s political stalemate following an inconclusive national election deepened on Sunday after senior figures in the two biggest parties expressed opposition to forming together what looks like the only viable coalition governmen…
Italy prepares new adoption law including gay couples, opposition firm
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government is working on a new law on adopting children, to include gay couples, after cutting a controversial adoption provision from a bill on civil unions last week, a prominent minister said on Sunday.
Hungarian PM vows to resist EU’s ‘misguided’ migrant policy
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban condemned on Sunday the European Union’s failure to get to grips with its migrant crisis and vowed to resist pressure to take in more migrants, saying they would bring crime, terrorism and othe…
Turkey has foiled 18 suicide attacks so far this year: interior minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish security forces have foiled 18 suicide attacks since the start of the year, three of them by intercepting vehicles planned for use as car bombs, Interior Minister Efkan Ala said in an interview with the Kanal 7 television s…
U.S., allies conduct 24 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 24 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on Sunday.
