With demolitions, Israel tightens squeeze on West Bank Palestinians
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – In the past three months, the Israeli military has more than tripled its demolitions of Palestinian structures in the occupied West Bank, United Nations’ figures show, raising alarm among diplomats and human rights groups over wha…
Czech government ends program to take in Iraqi Christians
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic will halt a program to take in 153 Christian refugees from Iraq after some of those who have arrived tried to move to Germany and others returned home, Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said on Thursday.
Romanian leftists just ahead of liberals in poll before June vote
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s opposition Social Democrats (PSD) were a hair’s breadth ahead of the Liberals in a poll published on Thursday, only six months after the party resigned from government after massive street protests.
Swiss police raid UEFA as Panama Papers scandal spreads
ZURICH/REYKJAVIK, (Reuters) – Swiss police raided the European soccer body UEFA on Wednesday to seize information about a contract disclosed in the Panama Papers that was signed by Gianni Infantino, now head of the global soccer body FIFA.
Embattled Greek statistics chief gets crowdfunding help from colleagues
ATHENS (Reuters) – Colleagues of Greece’s former statistics chief, who faces accusations of falsifying fiscal data, have launched a crowdfunding initiative to help cover defense costs as his legal troubles look set to continue.
Dutch vote highlights EU’s problem with voters, UK beware
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s long-running problem with voters just got a little worse after the Dutch rejected an agreement on closer EU ties with Ukraine, highlighting the difficulties of further European integration.
Putin says Russia’s operation has reinforced Syria’s statehood
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia’s military operation in Syria had reinforced the statehood of that country and its legitimate government but that it was too early to say a breakthrough had…
France blames Syria government for truce violations
PARIS (Reuters) – France blamed Syria’s government on Thursday for a breakdown in a truce and preventing an improvement in the humanitarian situation, the foreign ministry’s spokesman said.
U.N. disappointed at Syria aid slowdown, hopes to evacuate wounded
GENEVA (Reuters) – The chairman of a U.N. humanitarian taskforce on Syria said on Thursday he was disappointed by a slowdown in aid access, largely because of blockages by government-backed forces, but he hoped there would be a major evacuation from fo…
Israeli minister says Sanders’ Gaza death figures ‘loony’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli cabinet minister described as “loony” on Thursday an account by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders of the number of Palestinian civilians killed in the 2014 Gaza war that went well beyond any official asse…
