Europe has two months to address refugee crisis, EU at risk: Swedish PM
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – European countries have roughly two months to agree a common approach to the refugee crisis or the European Union will be at risk, Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Thursday.
Arab, Kurdish forces to get more support to fight Islamic State: Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) – Arab and Kurdish forces will be given additional support to help retake Islamic State’s bastions in Syria and Iraq, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday, adding that 2016 had to be the year of transition in Syria.
Belgium detains two further suspects over Paris attacks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium has arrested two more men suspected of links to the Paris attacks on Nov. 13 in which 130 people were killed, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said on Thursday.
LRA used brutality to train child fighters, prosecutors say
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – International prosecutors accused a former Lord’s Resistance Army commander on Thursday of using rape and brutality to turn children the LRA had abducted into sex slaves or soldiers for its long campaign against Uganda’s governmen…
U.S. leads 16 strikes against Islamic State: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.-led coalition on Wednesday staged 16 strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting the against Islamic State militant group, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said.
Seehofer says Germany must control its borders if EU can’t
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany must control its borders to stem the inflow of asylum seekers if the European Union is unable to secure the bloc’s external frontiers, the leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies said on Thursday.
Taiwan says China drills days after election ‘very bad news’
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan expressed serious concern on Thursday over a Chinese state media broadcast of military live fire exercises and landing drills, just days after a landslide election win by an independence-leaning opposition party in Tai…
French PM says Brexit would be tragedy, hopes for progress in February
DAVOS (Reuters) – It would be a tragedy if Britain left the European Union, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Thursday, adding that he hoped an EU leaders summit in February would allow for progress toward a deal.
Dutch PM says Europe has 6-8 weeks to get grip on refugee crisis
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday that Europe had just six to eight weeks to get a handle on the influx of refugees from conflict zones in the Middle East and elsewhere.
Thai authorities arrest four activists over attempted protest
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai authorities arrested a group of activists wanted for attempting to demonstrate against the military last month, police said on Thursday, the latest arrest of dissidents in the junta-ruled country.
