Surveys suggest 5-Star Movement could win next Italian election
ROME (Reuters) – Electoral reforms passed in Italy this year could bring the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement to power, if the picture painted by a survey published on Tuesday holds until the next election, currently due in 2018.
Spanish media revival echoes new era in politics
MADRID (Reuters) – Journalist Pedro J. Ramirez’s career has had as many twists and turns as Spain’s modern politics.
As morgue fills, aid group pledges more money for refugees in Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) – An international aid organization on Tuesday pledged more aid for thousands of refugees streaming through Greece and said allowing them legal passage across the Aegean would help save lives and stop traffickers profiting from their m…
Jewish-Arab friction runs raw in the heart of Hebron
HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel shut down the main radio station in Hebron on Tuesday and turned part of the city in the occupied West Bank into a closed military zone, with troops clamping down on a district that has become the focal point of vio…
EU looks for silver lining in Erdogan election landslide
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – After stifling initial groans of dismay, European policymakers are looking for a silver lining for EU-Turkey relations in the emphatic election victory of President Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted AK Party.
Names matter as Germany grapples with migrant crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – Both Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and their Social Democrat coalition partners back the idea of setting up centers to process asylum seekers, but can’t agree on where to put them or even what to call them.
Court in Georgia orders change of owner at independent broadcaster
TBILISI (Reuters) – A court in Georgia on Tuesday ordered a change of owner at the ex-Soviet republic’s biggest independent TV station, Rustavi 2, in what the broadcaster called an attempt to silence its criticism of the government.
U.S., Japan push for inclusion of South China Sea in defense forum statement
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The United States and Japan are pushing to get concerns about the South China Sea included in a statement to be issued after regional defense talks in Malaysia despite Chinese objections to any mention of the disputed waterway,…
‘New Turkey’ to bear Erdogan’s stamp as crackdown on dissent steps up
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s new cabinet will bear the firm stamp of President Tayyip Erdogan with a slew of loyal advisors set for ministerial posts, senior officials said on Tuesday, suggesting his grip will tighten as the AK Party returns to govern a…
Merkel says bundle of measures needed to solve refugee crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday a bundle of national and European measures were needed to help stem the number of refugees arriving in Germany.
