Merkel says Germany can cope with refugees without raising taxes
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany can cope with a record-breaking influx of refugees and migrants this year without raising taxes and without jeopardizing its goal of a balanced budget, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview published on Satur…
Saudi Arabia satisfied with Obama’s assurances on Iran deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is satisfied with assurances from U.S. President Barack Obama about the Iran nuclear deal and believes the agreement will contribute to security and stability in the Middle East, a senior Saudi official said on Frida…
Guatemala’s president quits, jailed pending hearing on corruption charges
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presid…
Brazil, Argentina seek to resolve Colombia-Venezuela border spat
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Brazil and Argentina’s foreign ministers visited Bogota on Friday in an effort to kick-start dialogue between Colombia and Venezuela over a border crisis that has seen more than 16,000 Colombians leave their adopted home.
Pakistani nationals extradited to U.S. in narco-terrorism case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two Pakistani nationals were extradited to the United States to face criminal charges that they conspired to aid a Colombian group that the U.S. government has designated as a foreign terrorist organization, federal prosecutors ann…
As numbers grow, lone child migrants find sanctuary at UK center
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When 16-year-old Alem fled his home country, Eritrea, in February of this year he never imagined he would be heading for a new life in Britain.
Drowned refugee boys buried in Syria; crackdown crumbles in Hungary
KOBANI, Syria/ROSZKE, Hungary (Reuters) – – A Syrian father on Friday buried his wife and two little boys, drowned as they tried to flee to Europe, while hundreds of migrants fled from a detention camp and escaped a train stranded under police siege in…
U.N. sees Libya talks entering final mile, eyes Sept. 20 deal
GENEVA (Reuters) – Talks aimed at uniting Libya’s two warring governments are entering the final stretch and there is hope of signing a deal on Sept. 20, the U.N. Special Representative for Libya Bernardino Leon said on Friday.
Greek polls show Syriza, conservatives neck-and-neck
ATHENS (Reuters) – Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras’s leftist Syriza party is running neck-and-neck with its main conservative rival, New Democracy, ahead of national elections on Sept. 20, according to three polls published on Friday.
Thousands rally in Beirut over politician’s presidential election call
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters rallied in Beirut on Friday to support Christian faction leader Michel Aoun’s call for Lebanon to elect its president by popular vote to address a crisis that has paralyzed government and parliament.
