Greek police remove migrants from Macedonian border as more land in Piraeus
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police started removing migrants from the Greek-Macedonian border on Tuesday after additional passage restrictions imposed by Macedonian authorities left hundreds stranded while more were ferried from islands to Greece’s main P…
Estonia jails three men over spying for Russian security services
TALLINN (Reuters) – Three men have been jailed for spying for Russia, Estonia’s state prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday, an unusual case targeting low-level smugglers that comes amid heightened concern over muscular Russian foreign policy in eastern …
Swedish doctor gets 10 years in prison in bunker kidnap case
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Swedish doctor was sentenced to 10 years in jail for kidnapping a woman and keeping her in a specially constructed sound-proof bunker.
Power restored to Afghan capital Kabul after weeks of blackout
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s national power utility has restored electricity to the capital Kabul, almost a month after insurgents cut lines from neighboring Uzbekistan that supplied almost half of the city’s 600 megawatt daily requirement, official…
Myanmar army chief pushes against quick changes to constitution
YANGON (Reuters) – Less than a week after a third transition meeting between Myanmar’s commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing and democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the powerful army chief has pushed back against any quick changes to the constitution.
Libya could soon run out of life-saving medicines: U.N.
CAIRO (Reuters) – Libya faces severe shortages of life-saving medicine and about one million people will soon be in dire need of help, a U.N. humanitarian official warned, as warring factions hamper efforts to end chaos and form a unity government.
Former Thai PM Thaksin warns on economy, says no deal with military
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra warned Thailand’s ruling generals on Tuesday that a prolonged stay in power will only worsen economic hardship in Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy.
Denmark extends border control to Germany until March 4
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The Danish government decided on Tuesday to extend temporary control over the country’s border to Germany by 10 days to March 4, the Ministry for Immigration, Integration and Housing said.
Islamic State attack shuts Syrian govt supply route for second day
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An important Syrian government supply route to Aleppo was shut for a second day on Tuesday because of an Islamic State attack, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Spain arrests four with suspected links to Islamic militants
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish and Moroccan police arrested four people accused of recruiting potential militants to fight in Syria and Iraq or to carry out attacks in Spain or Morocco, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday.
