EU’s Tusk to caution Britain’s Cameron on Thursday on risks to EU deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – An EU official said on Wednesday that the European council president, Donald Tusk, is likely to tell British Prime Minister David Cameron that the EU offer to freeze in-work benefits for migrants could unravel if other countries de…
Hungarians protest tight government control of education
MISKOLC, Hungary (Reuters) – Thousands of Hungarians protested on Wednesday against reforms of the education system by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s center-right government that they consider oppressive and heavy-handed.
Don’t take Lebanon’s stability for granted: U.N. envoy
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon has weathered five years of Middle Eastern turmoil remarkably well but its stability should not be taken for granted and it needs long-term financial help to cope with a huge number of Syrian refugees, a senior U.N. official …
British Airways to resume flights to Iran
LONDON (Reuters) – British Airways will resume direct flights from London to Tehran from July, renewing links with the Iranian capital after sanctions were lifted.
U.S. will act against Islamic State in Libya if needed: White House
CATONSVILLE, Md. (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama will continue to be updated on the risks of the spread of Islamic State to Libya, and the United States will take action in the North African country to counter that threat if necessary, the Whit…
Walls and watchtowers rise as Turkey tries to seal border against Islamic State
ELBEYLI, Turkey (Reuters) – Slabs of concrete wall have sprung up and military patrols have intensified, but local people say this stretch of Turkey’s border facing Syrian territory under Islamic State control is still far from water-tight.
EU agrees funding for Turkey to curb migrant flows after Italy drops objections
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries on Wednesday approved a 3 billion euro ($3.32 billion) fund for Turkey to improve living conditions for refugees there in exchange for Ankara ensuring fewer of them migrate on to Europe.
Support for Merkel at four-and-a-half year low, doubts grow over refugee policy
BERLIN/HAMBURG (Reuters) – Popular support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel has tumbled to its lowest level for 4 1/2 years, a poll showed on Wednesday, with a large majority of voters skeptical that her government has the refugee crisis under contr…
Mortar bombs from Syria land near Turkish soldiers clearing mines
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Several mortar bombs and gunfire from a part of Syria controlled by Islamic State hit a Turkish border town on Wednesday, close to where Turkish soldiers were clearing landmines, local residents and media reports said.
Israeli officer dies in Palestinian attack, three assailants killed
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Three Palestinians armed with guns, knives and explosives killed an Israeli border policewoman and seriously wounded another before being shot dead by nearby officers at an entrance to Jerusalem’s walled Old City on Wednesday, Isr…
