Slovakia files lawsuit against EU quotas to redistribute migrants
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice on Wednesday against a European Union decision to redistribute 120,000 asylum seekers among member countries, the first legal challenge to a measure that has divided the b…
UAE troops dig in for a long war in Yemen
ADEN (Reuters) – Soldiers from the United Arab Emirates, at the head of a Gulf Arab coalition fighting Iran-allied Houthi forces in Yemen, are preparing for a long, tough ground war from their base in the southern port of Aden.
Central African leader says U.N. forces need news powers to guard vote
PARIS (Reuters) – U.N. peacekeepers in Central African Republic need stronger powers to take on armed groups trying to disrupt the build-up to presidential elections, the country’s interim prime minister Mahamat Kamoun said.
Record rains flood south Indian state; more to come
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) – The heaviest rainfall in over a century caused massive flooding across the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, driving thousands from their homes, shutting auto factories and paralyzing the airport in the state capital Chennai.
U.S. coalition targets Islamic State with 17 strikes: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies staged 17 air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Tuesday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement released on Wednesday.
Half a million Syrian refugees could be resettled to EU: Hungary PM
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – European Union and Turkish leaders may announce a behind-the-scenes agreement later this week to resettle 400,000 to 500,000 Syrian refugees directly from Turkey to the EU, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday.
Big thermal power deal crowns rare trip by China’s Xi to Zimbabwe
HARARE (Reuters) – On the first visit to Zimbabwe by a Chinese leader since 1996, President Xi Jinping on Tuesday witnessed the signing of 10 economic agreements, including on expanding the southern African nation’s largest thermal power plant.
NATO invites Montenegro to join alliance, defying Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO invited tiny Montenegro on Wednesday to join the military alliance in its first expansion since 2009, defying Russian warnings that enlargement of the U.S.-led bloc further into the Balkans is “irresponsible” action that under…
France’s Sarkozy: no deal with Socialists against far right
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s conservative party leader, Nicolas Sarkozy, on Wednesday ruled out making any alliance with Francois Hollande’s ruling Socialists to stop the increasingly popular far right from winning regional councils in elections this mon…
Egypt orders retrial in graft case against Mubarak-era prime minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court ordered a second retrial on Wednesday in a long-running graft case against Ahmed Nazif, prime minister under ousted president Hosni Mubarak, judicial sources said.
