Obama fails to swing Britain behind EU as ‘Out’ takes poll lead
LONDON (Reuters) – Opponents of Britain’s European Union membership have edged into the lead over the past two weeks, according to a YouGov poll which indicated President Barack Obama’s intervention failed to swing support behind “In” vote in a June 23…
Russia lets sister of jailed pilot Savchenko return to Ukraine: Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday the sister of jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko had been allowed back to Ukraine, after Russian border guards had prevented her from crossing the border last night, saying s…
Berlusconi ditches Rome mayoral candidate as his influence fades
ROME (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Thursday he was dropping his candidate for mayor of Rome, underscoring the former leader’s fading influence on the center right ahead of municipal elections in June.
Italy arrests Islamic State suspects, uncovers attack plot
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian police have arrested four people suspected of conspiring to join Islamic State in the Middle East in a probe that revealed a plan to carry out a militant attack in Italy, a Milan prosecutor said on Thursday.
UK’s Labour suspends former London mayor in anti-Semitism row
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party suspended veteran member and former London Mayor Ken Livingstone on Thursday in a row over anti-Semitism, the latest scandal to expose deep splits in the party since it elected a hard-left leader.
Don’t pressure Britain before EU vote, German foreign minister warns
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier cautioned on Thursday against piling pressure on Britain in the run-up to the country’s referendum on European Union membership in June.
Lebanese army kills Islamic State leader at Syrian border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese soldiers killed an Islamic State leader on Thursday in the mountainous border region with Syria, Lebanon’s army said.
Philippine anti-money laundering body says remittance firm a ‘cleaning house’ in heist
MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine anti-money laundering body has lodged a complaint against owners of a remittance firm it called a “cleaning house” to hide the trail of $81 million looted from a Bangladesh bank, in one of the biggest cyber heists in his…
U.S., allies stage 22 strikes against Islamic State -U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-led military coalition targeted Islamic State in Iraq and Syria with 22 strikes on Wednesday in its latest daily attack on the militant group, the coalition leading the operations said.
Georgia detains five suspected of selling uranium
TBILISI (Reuters) – The security service in the former Soviet republic of Georgia said on Thursday it had detained five Georgian citizens who were trying to sell $3 million worth of radioactive uranium.
