Merkel’s deputy expects Germany to get over a million refugees in 2015
BERLIN/MAINZ (Reuters) – More than a million refugees will come to Germany this year, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s deputy said on Sunday, as a poll showed almost half of Germans believe she is handling the influx of asylum seekers badly.
Spanish political newcomers Ciudadanos surge, Podemos drops in poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Support for the center Ciudadanos party surged while backing for anti-austerity party Podemos dropped sharply in October, according to the latest poll published by El Pais on Sunday, just two months before a general election on Dec. …
Twin suicide bombings kill 11 in north Cameroon: sources
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in Cameroon’s Far North Region early on Sunday, killing 11 people, three military sources told Reuters.
France to agree aerospace deals with Saudi Arabia: sources
PARIS (Reuters) – France and Saudi Arabia are to agree big aerospace contracts when French Prime Minister Manuel Valls visits the kingdom on Tuesday, sources close to the matter said on Sunday.
Suicide bomber targets foreign forces in Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide bomber attacked a convoy of foreign troops during the Sunday morning rush hour in the Afghan capital, flipping an armored vehicle on its side and wounding at least three civilians.
Accidental China restaurant explosion kills at least 17: Xinhua
(This story corrects the October 10 story to change “northwestern” to “northeastern” in the last paragraph)
Pragmatic Tsipras postpones Greek revolution, trouble lurks
ATHENS (Reuters) – Listening to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his re-elected leftist government, you would think the revolution had been postponed, not canceled.
Bitter by-election in Pakistan revives political tensions
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistanis began voting on Sunday in a closely contested by-election seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s rule after he swept to power in 2013 elections.
Barred from remote island, Myanmar’s opposition sees dirty tricks in campaign
YANGON (Reuters) – A sparsely populated cluster of Indian Ocean islands has become the unlikely focus of allegations that Myanmar’s government is spiking the chances of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition party in next month’s landmark general…
Exclusive: Brazil’s Levy says he has president’s backing, isn’t quitting
LIMA (Reuters) – Brazilian Finance Minister Joaquim Levy told Reuters on Saturday that President Dilma Rousseff backed his policies, and he intends to stay on the job as long as needed to put the books in order and pull the economy out of its slump.
