‘Running out of time’, EU puts Greece, Schengen on notice
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The European Union edged closer on Monday to accepting that its Schengen open-borders area may be suspended for up to two years if it fails in the next few weeks to curb the influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.
Rome train station briefly evacuated for security alert
ROME (Reuters) – Police briefly evacuated Italy’s main railway station on Monday after reports of a man with a gun in the building in central Rome.
Teen charged in Canada school shooting appears in court
(Reuters) – The 17-year-old male charged in the shooting deaths of four people in northern Canada appeared briefly in court on Monday and remained in custody, media reported.
Vietnam PM out of contention in party leadership, political exit looms
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s prime minister looked set for a political exit after the Communist Party congress accepted his withdrawal from an internal election on Monday, sources said, ruling him out of a bid for the party leadership.
Police arrest Bosnian tycoon-turned-politician
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – A Bosnian tycoon and head of a party in the ruling coalition was arrested on Monday on suspicion of obstructing justice, just weeks before the Balkan country is expected formally to apply for European Union membership.
MSF calls for inquiry into deadly Yemen hospital attack
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) called on Monday for a full investigation into an attack on a hospital in Yemen this month in which it says six people were killed and at least seven wounded, mostly medica…
Air strike kills Yemeni judge and family: residents
CAIRO (Reuters) – A Saudi-led coalition air strike killed a Yemeni judge and seven members of his family in the capital Sanaa on Sunday, residents said, as an aid convoy delivered food to a besieged southern city for the first time in months.
Syria’s U.S.-backed rebel alliance expanding landing field for non-combat goals: spokesman
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A U.S.-backed alliance of Syrian Arab and Kurdish fighters is expanding the landing field of an agricultural airport in eastern Syria with the purpose of using it to receive humanitarian aid in the future, a spokesman said on Monday….
Two Palestinians shot dead after stabbing two Israelis in West Bank: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Two Palestinians were shot dead after stabbing two Israeli women on Monday in the West Bank, police said, in an emerging pattern of assaults inside Jewish settlements in the occupied territory.
Mock ‘Brexit’ talks paint bleak picture for Britain outside EU
LONDON (Reuters) – London could not remain Europe’s financial center if Britain left the European Union at an upcoming referendum, top European politicians said on Monday, warning that reaching a free trade agreement with Britain would not be the bloc’…
