Italian police find more than 20 tonnes of hashish in cargo ship
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police found more than 20 tonnes of hashish with an estimated street value of 200 million euros ($230 million) hidden in the hull of a cargo ship, a statement said on Friday.
Croatia says it has agreed plan on migrants with Slovenia
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Croatia has a plan to manage the flow of migrants agreed with Slovenia that it will start implementing when Hungary seals off the Hungarian-Croatian border, the government’s spokesman said on Friday.
French investigators look into Strauss-Kahn’s financial affairs
PARIS (Reuters) – French investigators are looking into the financial dealings of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn after legal complaints by people who put money into a now-bankrupt investment fund he headed, an official in the French judiciary …
U.N. urges EU to speed registration, relocation of refugees
GENEVA (Reuters) – The European Union must quickly establish adequate centers to receive and register asylum seekers in Greece and Italy and then distribute them across the bloc before winter sets in, the United Nations said on Friday.
More than 400 dead in southeast Congo measles outbreak: U.N.
KINSHASA (Reuters) – A measles outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo’s copper-mining southeast has killed 428 people and infected about 30,000 since the start of the year, the United Nations said on Friday.
Ethiopian court acquits four bloggers of terrorism charges
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – An Ethiopian court on Friday acquitted four remaining members of a blogging group tried on terrorism charges, their lawyer said.
Taliban defiant over delay to U.S. troop reduction in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban on Friday brushed aside a U.S. decision to delay withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, saying it would do nothing to save an “unwinnable war” and promising to step up its campaign against the Western-backed government in Ka…
Erdogan says EU woke up late to Turkey’s role on migrants, no aid deal yet
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday the European Union had woken up too late to Turkey’s importance in stemming the flow of refugees from Syria and accused it of insincerity in talks on Turkish membership despite recent overtur…
Swiss accuse four Iraqis of planning attack
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss authorities have charged four Iraqi men with planning attacks and helping Islamic State smuggle followers into Europe, Switzerland’s attorney general said on Friday.
Tripoli confirms new Lockerbie suspects include Gaddafi spy chief
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Tripoli’s government on Friday named the two new Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie bombing investigation as Abdullah al-Senussi, the former spy chief of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi, and a second man, Mohammed Abu Ejaila.
