Turkey making progress in Israel talks, final deal seen soon: Turkish official
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey is making progress in talks with Israel and a final deal to restore ties will not take long, a Turkish official told Reuters on Friday.
PM Cameron says ready to help EU partners secure borders
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain was ready to help its European partners secure their borders to help deal with a migration crisis and the EU needed more systematic data sharing and cooperation on aviation security to combat…
Khomeini grandson registers for Iran Assembly election: state media
DUBAI (Reuters) – A grandson of Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini registered on Friday for February’s election of the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that chooses the supreme leader, state broadcaster IRIB reported.
Khomeini grandson gets cautious election blessing from the top
DUBAI (Reuters) – A grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is expected to seek election early next year to the body that chooses Iran’s supreme leader and is said to have the cautious blessing of the incumbent, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Sarkozy would lose in 1st round of French presidential election: survey
PARIS (Reuters) – French conservative party leader Nicolas Sarkozy would be eliminated in the first round of presidential elections if they were held on Sunday, a poll published on Friday showed.
Iran’s Rouhani to visit France end January: Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande said on Friday that he would host his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani at the end of January after an earlier visit was postponed.
Turkish battle with Kurdish militants kills 55, party calls for resistance
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party leader called for “honorable resistance” against security operations in southeast Turkey on Friday as state media reported 55 Kurdish militants had been killed in three days of urban fighting th…
Russia expels reporter in spat with Poland
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia expelled the Moscow correspondent of a leading Polish newspaper on Friday, a move it said was a “symmetrical” response to Warsaw ejecting a Russian reporter designated a “danger to the Polish state.”
Qatar’s channel to militants possibly dangerous, possibly useful
DOHA (Reuters) – To its foes, Qatar’s deal-making with armed groups is reckless grandstanding that helps destabilize the Middle East.
Hungary drops plans for statue to honor World War II politician
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary has scrapped plans to erect a statue of Balint Homan, a former World War Two government minister who supported anti-Semitism in Hungary in the 1930s and 40s, after protests from Jewish leaders.
