Italian left and right feud over poisonous city vote campaigns
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s main left and right-wing parties have succumbed to savage in-fighting ahead of municipal elections slated for June, with fierce divisions in both blocs pointing to a possible shake up in national politics.
Turkey’s Erdogan warns top court after ruling on detained journalists
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday a constitutional court ruling that led to the release of two detained newspaper editors was a step against the country and warned the court that repeating such actions could bring it…
Rights panel says Polish government top court reform endangers democracy
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – Polish government’s attempted overhaul of the constitutional court would undermine the rule of law and the functioning of democracy in Poland, the rights body Council of Europe’s advisory panel said on Friday.
Pressed for papers, Egyptian migrant jumps from German train to death
BERLIN (Reuters) – An Egyptian teenager, discovered hiding beneath a bench on a German night train, jumped out of a window and died after officials asked to see his papers, German police said on Friday.
French government fails to convince student unions on labor reform
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government failed to convince student organizations in talks on Friday of the merits of its labor reform plans, and the unions stepped out of the meetings making renewed calls for street protests next week.
U.N. Security Council condemns attack on humanitarian convoy in Darfur
CAIRO (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Friday strongly condemned an attack on a humanitarian convoy in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur on Wednesday by a group of unidentified armed men.
Saudis walk out of Arab League meeting after Iraqi minister’s comments
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Saudi delegation at the Arab League stormed out of a meeting after Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari defended the Shi’ite Hashd Shaabi militia grouping, an Iraqi foreign ministry source told Reuters on Friday.
EU to ease Greece migrant buildup, wrestles Turkey deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union aims to rehouse thousands of asylum-seekers from Greece in the coming months, officials said on Thursday as EU ministers wrestled with concerns about the legality of a new plan to force migrants back to Turkey.
Poland says to respect rights panel opinion on court reform
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will respect the recommendation of the Council of Europe’s panel on the constitutional court reform, deputy Foreign Minister Konrad Szymanski said on Friday.
Pakistan arrests 22 tribesmen in ‘collective responsibility’ punishment
WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities on Friday arrested 22 tribesmen in the troubled northwestern South Waziristan region in a “collective responsibility” punishment a day after eight government officials were kidnapped, officials said.
