Greek prosecutor drops inquiry into ex-finance minister’s ‘Plan B’
ATHENS (Reuters) – A Greek prosecutor has dropped an inquiry into plans hatched by former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to hack into tax codes and create a parallel payment system when Greece teetered on the verge of dropping out of the euro in Jul…
Resettling migrants from Middle East camps could ease crisis: Greece
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece said on Tuesday that resettling migrants from camps in the Middle Eastern countries such as Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, where they first arrive, could ease Europe’s refugee crisis.
Iran holds public funeral for commander killed in Syria
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran held a public funeral on Tuesday for a senior paramilitary fighter killed fighting in Syria, the fourth commander to die this month as Tehran intensifies its support for President Bashar al-Assad against insurgents.
Germany warns of growing right-wing radicalism amid refugee crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – Cabinet ministers warned on Tuesday that right-wing radicalism and xenophobia are on the rise in Germany after the anti-Islam PEGIDA movement held its biggest rally in months, spurred on by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of mig…
Russia calls Estonian/NATO air base plan destabilizing ‘provocation’
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian foreign ministry on Tuesday called plans by Estonia to expand its Amari air base to make more room for NATO aircraft a provocation.
Zimbabwe court says local Cecil hunter to face trial next month
HWANGE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean court on Tuesday refused a hunter’s request to drop charges against him for failing to stop the killing of Cecil the lion by an American, who just days ago was cleared by the government.
At least three people shot dead in Congo Republic protests
BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) – At least three people have been shot dead during anti-government protests in the capital of Congo Republic on Tuesday, according to a Reuters reporter who saw the bodies at the central morgue in Brazzaville.
Recordings posted online suggest Moldova’s former PM asked for bribes
CHISINAU (Reuters) – Phone conversations posted online on Tuesday purported to show former Moldovan prime minister Vlad Filat asking for bribes from a local businessman, who has been accused along with Filat of involvement in the theft of $1 billion fr…
For many voters in Poland, economic growth is not enough
WARSAW (Reuters) – When Google opens an “innovation center” in a former vodka factory in a down-at-heel neighborhood of Warsaw next month, many Poles are unlikely to see it as a good sign.
Saudi rights activists sentenced to years in prison: Amnesty
RIYADH (Reuters) – A terrorism tribunal in Saudi Arabia, which was elected to the U.N. Human Rights Council in 2013, has sentenced two political activists to decade-long prison terms for establishing a rights organization, Amnesty International said on…
