U.S. air strikes aid Afghan forces against Islamic State
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan forces backed by U.S. air strikes have killed dozens of insurgents loyal to Islamic State this week as they continue a push into areas occupied by the radical group, officials said on Tuesday.
British business bosses say exit from EU would hit economy and jobs
LONDON (Reuters) – The bosses at more than a third of Britain’s biggest companies including oil giants Shell and BP and its largest telecoms group said leaving the European Union would put the economy at risk, backing Prime Minister David Cameron’s cal…
U.N. denounces restrictions of refugees, calls for unity in Europe
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday decried “restrictive practices” imposed by countries including Austria, Slovenia and Macedonia, and called on Europe to have a coordinated approach to share responsibility in the crisis.
Turkish PM says Syrian Kurdish militia taking orders from PKK
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia was taking orders from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group waging an insurgency for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey’s southeast.
Greek police remove migrants from Macedonian border as more land in Piraeus
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police started removing migrants from the Greek-Macedonian border on Tuesday after additional passage restrictions imposed by Macedonian authorities left hundreds stranded while more were ferried from islands to Greece’s main P…
Estonia jails three men over spying for Russian security services
TALLINN (Reuters) – Three men have been jailed for spying for Russia, Estonia’s state prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday, an unusual case targeting low-level smugglers that comes amid heightened concern over muscular Russian foreign policy in eastern …
Swedish doctor gets 10 years in prison in bunker kidnap case
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Swedish doctor was sentenced to 10 years in jail for kidnapping a woman and keeping her in a specially constructed sound-proof bunker.
Power restored to Afghan capital Kabul after weeks of blackout
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s national power utility has restored electricity to the capital Kabul, almost a month after insurgents cut lines from neighboring Uzbekistan that supplied almost half of the city’s 600 megawatt daily requirement, official…
Myanmar army chief pushes against quick changes to constitution
YANGON (Reuters) – Less than a week after a third transition meeting between Myanmar’s commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the powerful army chief has pushed back against any quick changes to the constitution.
Libya could soon run out of life-saving medicines: U.N.
CAIRO (Reuters) – Libya faces severe shortages of life-saving medicine and about one million people will soon be in dire need of help, a U.N. humanitarian official warned, as warring factions hamper efforts to end chaos and form a unity government.
