Fly, don’t walk, EU will urge Balkan migrants
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union plans to persuade refugees to wait in Greece for paid flights to other countries offering asylum rather than risk dangerous winter treks through the Balkans, EU officials said on Monday.
Two policemen, seven Islamic State militants killed in Turkey
DIYARBAKIR/ISTANBUL, Turkey (Reuters) – Two Turkish policemen and seven Islamic State militants were killed in a firefight after police raided more than a dozen houses in Turkey’s southeast early on Monday, security sources and government spokesman Num…
Ukraine ex-adviser wins EU court case against sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A former adviser to ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich scored a legal victory over the European Union on Monday when an EU court ruled that the bloc had been wrong to freeze his assets.
Before Syria, Russia struggled to land air strikes on target
GORI, Georgia/MOSCOW (Reuters) – In the courtyard of an apartment building in the town of Gori in ex-Soviet Georgia is a clue to whether Russia’s air strikes on targets in Syria are as accurate as the Kremlin would like the rest of the world to believe…
Belgian military base rammed by car, suspect arrested
NAMUR, Belgium (Reuters) – A man wearing a balaclava tried to force his car through the gates of a military base in Belgium on Monday, but prosecutors said there were no signs of a terrorist motive.
Tanzanian opposition says 40 volunteers arrested after election
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania’s opposition Chadema party said on Monday police had detained 40 of its volunteers after presidential and parliamentary elections at the weekend, an incident marring a broadly peaceful vote that the ruling party said …
World Catholic leaders appeal for bold climate change agreement
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Roman Catholic leaders from around the world made an unprecedented joint appeal on Monday to a forthcoming U.N. conference on climate change to produce “a truly transformational” agreement to stem global warming.
Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills two guards for human rights group
KABUL (Reuters) – Two security guards working for the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission were killed in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday when a roadside bomb blew up as their vehicle passed, a police official said.
Ukraine-Russia flight ban seen lasting for some time
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Direct flights between Russia and Ukraine are unlikely to restart any time soon, people familiar with the matter said on Monday, after links were severed in a tit-for-tat row over Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
Rajoy says he will step down as Spanish PM if his party doesn’t top December poll
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Monday he would not seek to stay on as prime minister if his People’s Party (PP) wasn’t the most popular in the general election in December.
