EU tries to woo Erdogan in historic visit but division remains
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a long-awaited trip to Brussels on Sunday, officially a two-day state visit to Belgium, that will be dominated by EU meetings over Europe’s migration crisis and the fight against Islamic State…
Bangladesh beefs up security for foreigners after second killing claimed by IS
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh stepped up security for foreign diplomats and citizens on Sunday after the killing of two foreigners within a week in attacks claimed by Islamic State, which has vowed similar further assaults in the Muslim-majority nation….
In Australia, seeds of Islamic radicalism sown early
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government’s focus on national security and the war on terror to tackle Islamic extremism, rather than social cohesion and inclusion, has helped create an environment for radicalized Muslim youth to emerge in dispropor…
U.S. says conducted air strike near Afghan hospital, MSF says 19 killed
KABUL (Reuters) – An air strike, probably carried out by U.S.-led coalition forces, killed 19 staff and patients on Saturday, including three children, in a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, the aid g…
Palestinian kills two in Jerusalem, then shot dead: police
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian man stabbed and killed two people in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday before police shot him dead, officers said, amid an uptick in violence in the city and occupied West Bank.
British PM Cameron says will not be rushed on EU referendum date
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron said his renegotiation of Britain’s ties with the European Union was “bloody hard work” but that he would not be rushed into naming a date for a referendum on membership, The Sunday Telegraph…
Britain warns it needs robust reforms to stay in EU
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will vote to leave the European Union in a planned referendum if it does not secure “robust, substantial and irreversible” reforms, the foreign secretary has warned, in a marked hardening of language on the issue.
Russia says to step up air strikes in Syria
MOSCOW/AMMAN (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday it will step up air strikes in Syria, escalating a military intervention which Moscow says is weakening Islamic State militants but which Western powers say aims to support President Bashar al-Assad.
British PM Cameron signals he will push for vote on Syria military action: Telegraph
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron signaled that he would push ahead with plans for a vote in the British parliament to approve military action against Islamic State militants in Syria, The Daily Telegraph newspaper sa…
After VW, Germany needs EU friends to join its party
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Nazi swastikas billowing under the triumphal arch that overlooks Brussels’ European Union district drew the odd gasp from guests of Berlin’s EU mission at an evening to celebrate 25 years since German reunification.
