Chileans who think country progressing drops to 15 percent: poll
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Dissatisfaction with the economy and the political class has led the proportion of Chileans who think their country is still making progress to plummet to just 15 percent, the lowest level since the CEP polling firm began surveying…
Greece’s Syriza clings on to narrow lead in Metron poll
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s leftist Syriza party was holding a narrow lead of less than one percentage point over its New Democracy conservative rival in the countdown to elections on Sept. 20, a Metron Analysis poll showed on Friday.
Far-right Golden Dawn exploits darker side of Greece’s discontent
THERMOPYLAE, Greece (Reuters) – Flaming torches raised, far-right Golden Dawn supporters dressed in black chanted the Greek national anthem as darkness fell on Thermopylae, where King Leonidas and 300 Spartans defied a vast Persian army in 480 BC.
Britain scrambles fighter jets to escort Russian bombers
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has scrambled Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets to intercept two Russian bombers flying near UK airspace, the Ministry of Defense said.
Italy’s Berlusconi rubs shoulders with Putin in Crimea
YALTA, Crimea (Reuters) – Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi became the most prominent Western politician to visit Russian-annexed Crimea when he strolled beside the Black Sea on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Azerbaijan cancels EU delegation visit after criticism of rights record
BAKU (Reuters) – Azerbaijan canceled a European Commission delegation visit on Friday and said it might review relations with the EU after the bloc’s parliament called on it to free an investigative journalist and several human rights figures.
Urban killings, air strikes as bloodshed worsens in Turkish southeast
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Kurdish militants shot dead a waiter and wounded three police officers in a restaurant in southeast Turkey on Friday, as the region descended further into the worst bloodshed it has seen since the 1990s.
Despite bombing, Thailand to beat 2015 tourism target: PM
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand expects tourism to exceed its targets, with more than 30 million arrivals this year, despite a bomb blast that killed 14 foreigners last month in Bangkok, the prime minister said on Friday.
India, Pakistan border chiefs agree to lower tensions in Kashmir
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian and Pakistani border forces agreed on Friday to maintain restraint on their disputed Kashmir frontier, as they sought to defuse tensions that have been heightened in recent months by militant attacks that each side blames t…
U.S. drone strike kills 15 Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. drone strike killed at least 15 Pakistani militants in Afghanistan’s Gomal district on Wednesday, intelligence officials said on Friday, part of an intensifying drone campaign against Pakistani militants in…
