Pressure builds on Merkel to close borders as support slides
BERLIN (Reuters) – A group of conservative lawmakers urged Angela Merkel to reverse her open-door refugee policy as a poll showed a slide in support for her bloc on Tuesday, raising the stakes for a German chancellor exposed by deep rifts in her right-…
Germany sees Iran as key to stabilizing Middle East
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany wants to work with Iran to help calm regional conflicts now that the Islamic Republic is emerging from international isolation and also prevent tension escalating with regional rival Saudi Arabia, Germany’s foreign minister s…
Afghan forces fighting to hold off Taliban in three Helmand districts
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The Taliban were threatening on Tuesday to capture three key strategic districts in Afghanistan’s province of Helmand as fierce fighting with government forces stoked fears over the Islamist insurgents’ gains in the…
Indonesia looks to stop militants overseas from returning home
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian President Joko Widodo is considering a regulation that would prohibit Indonesians from joining radical groups overseas, in an effort to prevent a deadlier attack than last week’s militant assault on Jakarta.
Suicide bomber kills at least 10 in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew himself up close to a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 20, officials said.
Fire hits renovated Paris Ritz weeks before reopening
PARIS (Reuters) – Flames ripped through the top floor of the luxury Ritz Paris hotel on Tuesday, as around 60 firefighters battled to put out a fire which threatened the work of a 3-1/2 year restoration program just weeks ahead of a planned re-opening….
Taiwan president’s apparent front door knock makes front page news
TAIPEI (Reuters) – The Taiwan government insisted it was business as usual on Tuesday, three days after the ruling party was routed in elections and a day after the premier rebuffed attempts by the president to keep him in his job.
A world divided: Elites descend on Swiss Alps amid rising inequality
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Politicians and business leaders gathering in the Swiss Alps this week face an increasingly divided world, with the poor falling further behind the super-rich and political fissures in the United States, Europe and the Mi…
Germany wants to discuss concerns about new Polish government: Steinmeier
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Tuesday that the German government wanted to discuss its concerns about the new Polish government with Warsaw.
China says Manila exaggerating tensions with aircraft claim
BEIJING (Reuters) – China accused the Philippines on Tuesday of deliberately trying to scare people by saying China had warned a small civilian plane carrying Philippine officials it was trespassing as they inspected an island in the disputed South Chi…
