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.
Norwegian mass killer Breivik to sue to end prison isolation
OSLO (Reuters) – Convicted Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik will sue to end his isolation in prison, arguing that such strict conditions violate his human rights, his lawyer said on Friday.
Modi to open 70-year-old secret files in challenge to Gandhi dynasty
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he will seek to unravel one of India’s most enduring mysteries surrounding the independence struggle, the latest salvo in a growing history war that could undermine the opposition Congress party.
As U.N. climate deal looms, pressure on nations to ditch demands
OSLO (Reuters) – A draft agreement that ditches cherished ideas of almost 200 nations about how to fight climate change could spark “fireworks” at a final round of negotiations to design a U.N. agreement to be held in Paris in December.
EU’s migrant action plan with Turkey yet to take shape: foreign minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu said on Friday an action plan being worked out with the European Union on migrants was still a draft and had not taken final shape, but Ankara has told its partners the focus on security m…
Indian ruling party official urges Muslims to give up eating beef
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The head of an Indian state belonging to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party has urged the country’s minority Muslims to stop eating beef out of respect for the sentiments of Hindus, a call that could further inflame socia…
Sisi walks fine line between Egypt’s tycoons and generals
CAIRO (Reuters) – When Egyptian general-turned-president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi removed the unpopular Muslim Brotherhood from power in 2013, billionaire Naguib Sawiris promised to invest in his country like never before. Two years on he has no desire to …
Hezbollah attack kills five ‘Islamic State’ fighters in north Lebanon: source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired rockets and mortars at what it said were Islamic State fighters in the north of the country on Friday, killing five of them, a security source said.
