Bosnia not ready for EU membership: diplomats
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Bosnia has not met the criteria for European Union membership and the bloc’s 28 countries are far from agreeing to take in the ex-Yugoslav republic, diplomats in Brussels said after Sarajevo announced it would file its application …
German cabinet backs deportation law for foreign criminals
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government backed a new law on Wednesday to make it easier to deport foreign nationals who commit crimes, in the wake of attacks on women on New Year’s Eve, many blamed on migrants.
Britain’s unions ready to join fight to stay in European Union, top official says
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s trade unions are close to joining the push to keep the country in the European Union, bringing grass-roots muscle to a fight that has so far been dominated by big business and bankers, the head of the country’s largest unio…
German police arrest two suspects linked to Nazi propaganda website
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police on Wednesday arrested two people in raids against a far-right group suspected of using an Internet portal to incite violence against foreigners, spread Nazi propaganda and deny the Holocaust, the public prosecutor gener…
Israel letter shows Eichmann sought clemency as ‘mere instrument’ of Nazis
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel made public on Wednesday a handwritten request for clemency by Adolf Eichmann, an architect of the Nazi Holocaust, who was executed by Israel in 1962 following a war crimes trial.
U.S. slams Taiwan president’s planned visit to contested South China Sea island
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou’s planned trip to the Taiwanese-held island of Itu Aba in the disputed South China Sea is “extremely unhelpful” and won’t do anything to resolve disputes over the waterway, a U.S. official said on Wednes…
Spain arrests nine accused of association with the PKK
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police arrested nine people accused of being associated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Wednesday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Vietnam Communist Party re-elects Trong as leader
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s Communist Party re-elected Nguyen Phu Trong as its leader on Wednesday, a party source and state media said, a widely expected outcome after the exit from the politburo of the country’s powerful prime minister.
Exclusive: White House dropped $10 million claim in Iran prisoner deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Nader Modanlo was facing five more years in federal prison when he got an extraordinary offer: U.S. President Barack Obama was ready to commute his sentence as part of this month’s historic and then still-secret prisoner swap wit…
Malaysian anti-graft agency seeks review of PM Najib probe decision
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s anti-graft agency said on Wednesday it will seek a review of a decision by the attorney-general to clear Prime Minister Najib Razak in a graft investigation.
