Brexit debate brings out Britain’s World War Two fixation
LONDON (Reuters) – When Nigel Farage rolls into town in a purple double-decker bus to campaign for Britain to leave the EU, the music blaring from the loudspeakers is from the classic World War Two movie “The Great Escape”.
Security campaign against Kurdish militants in Turkish border town completed: sources
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkish security forces called an end to operations in the town of Nusaybin near the Syrian border on Friday, security sources said, after nearly three months of often heavy clashes that left nearly 600 people dead.
NATO’s top soldier says Trump comments play into hands of Putin
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – NATO’s top military officer, General Petr Pavel, denounced U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday for criticizing the alliance as obsolete and said such comments played to the hands of its opponents.
Situation in Nigeria’s Delta ‘rapidly getting out of control’: youth group
ONITSHA, Nigeria (Reuters) – The situation in Nigeria’s main oil-producing Niger Delta is “rapidly deteriorating and getting out of control” after a wave of militant attacks, a major youth group said on Friday.
Libyans will defeat local Islamic State itself: unity government PM
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya is uniting its various armed factions and will be able to eradicate Islamic State militants on its territory with its own forces, the head of the U.N.-backed unity government in Tripoli said on Friday.
Turkey’s reaction to Germany genocide vote tempered by politics, trade
ANKARA/BERLIN (Reuters) – Turkish outrage over Germany’s decision to label the 1915 massacre of Armenians as an act of genocide was swift, but like the symbolic Bundestag vote itself, Ankara’s reaction is likely to be more for show than anything else.
Germany is investigating 180 suspects with Syrian militant links
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is investigating about 180 terror suspects who have returned from Syria or have links to militant groups there, the Justice Ministry said on Friday, a day after three Syrians were arrested on suspicion of planning attacks in …
Venezuela crisis set to dominate Caribbean summit in Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – Leaders of Caribbean countries are set to arrive in Cuba on Friday to attend a regional summit where Venezuela’s embattled, socialist government will seek support as opposition at home and abroad intensifies.
Greece rescues hundreds of migrants in sinking off Crete, recovers four bodies
ATHENS (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants were rescued from a sinking ship on Friday in a massive operation in the southern Mediterranean off the island of Crete, the Greek coastguard said, but four bodies were also recovered.
French government urges end to strikes a week from Euro soccer
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government, scrambling to end a wave of protests that could disrupt the Euro 2016 soccer championship, called on Friday for an end to a national rail strike and told Air France pilots their plans to stop work were “irresponsi…
