Conciliator Rouhani seeks gains for moderates in Iran polls
(Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani, a pragmatist trying to open Iran after years of sanctions, and his allies carry the hopes of many Iranians for greater freedoms on Friday when the country holds elections for parliament and the Assembly of Experts….
Greece recalls Vienna ambassador in row over worsening migrant logjam
ATHENS (Reuters) – Struggling with a growing logjam of refugees, Greece recalled its ambassador to Vienna on Thursday in protest at moves by Austria and Balkan states to make it harder for migrants to head north across Europe.
Thousands of West Africans gain identity documents, 1 million still stateless: U.N.
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – More than 20,000 people in West Africa have gained identity documents in the past year as part of a drive to eradicate statelessness, yet around one million in the region still have no nationality, the United Nation…
Turkish court rules rights violated in arrest of prominent journalists: acting editor
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s constitutional court ruled on Thursday that the detention of two prominent journalists from the Cumhuriyet newspaper violated their rights, and their release is expected imminently, the newspaper’s acting editor-in-chief t…
Kerry may meet with Colombia peace talks participants within days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he may be meeting with participants in the Colombia peace talks within the next few days “depending on how events flow.”
Syria govt. says Nusra Front allies fire mortars on capital, one dead
AMMAN (Reuters) – The Syrian government said groups associated with al Qaeda offshoot Nusra Front fired mortars onto residential areas of the capital on Thursday, killing at least one person, state television reported.
EU has 10 days to see progress on migrant crisis or Schengen unravels: EU commissioner
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union has 10 more days to see significantly lower inflows of migrants and refugees from Turkey “or else there is risk the whole system will completely break down”, EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Th…
Egypt’s Sisi under attack on social media after television speech
CAIRO (Reuters) – President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who once enjoyed widespread popular support, has come under withering criticism from Egyptians on social media after delivering a long televised speech on Wednesday.
Rival Labour could swing Brexit battle for UK PM Cameron
WOLVERHAMPTON (Reuters) – The British prime minister’s battle to keep his country in the European Union – and save his political future – may depend on the campaigning power of his fiercest rivals: the opposition Labour Party.
Malaysia blocks access to news portal for violating media law
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia blocked access to a widely read news portal on Thursday, the latest in a series of clampdowns on media organizations that have published reports critical of the government and Prime Minister Najib Razak.
