Russia, Germany call for swift end to fighting in east Ukraine: Moscow
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of Russia and Germany spoke on Wednesday and agreed on the importance of ending fighting in eastern Ukraine immediately, Russia’s foreign ministry said.
Political infighting in Catalonia clouds independence drive
MADRID (Reuters) – The push by Catalonia’s leaders to break away from Spain took a knock on Wednesday as infighting over the secession issue escalated and one of the parties running the region said its ministers were stepping down.
U.S.-Spain sign deal giving Marines permanent use of air base
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Spain signed a defense agreement on Wednesday giving U.S. Marines permanent use of Moron air base, near Seville, from which they can be quickly deployed to Africa.
As Iran deal takes shape, Israel plays up regional common ground
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – With a deal on Iran’s nuclear program drawing near, Israel is beginning to look at what comes afterwards and how best to position itself for the longer term.
EU without Britain is ‘impossible’, says Italy’s Renzi after talks with Cameron
MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) – A European Union without Britain would be “impossible”, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday, after talks with Prime Minister David Cameron about his plans to reshape Britain’s EU ties before an in-out membersh…
Islamic State kills five policemen near Iraq’s Baiji refinery
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State has killed five policemen in a town near Iraq’s biggest refinery, in an attack that may help ease pressure on some of its fighters trapped in the strategically important facility, a security official said on Wednesday….
Arbitrary detention and torture widespread in eastern Libya: HRW
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s internationally recognized government and its forces have carried out widespread arbitrary detentions and torture in prisons in the east of the country, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
Dozens of casualties as Yemen car bombs hit mosques, Houthi headquarters: official
SANAA (Reuters) – Four car bombs targeted three mosques and the political headquarters of Yemen’s dominant Houthi group on Wednesday, killing and wounding dozens of people, a security official said.
Jordan arrests suspect in 1982 Paris Jewish attack
PARIS (Reuters) – Jordanian authorities have arrested a suspected member of a Palestinian guerrilla unit behind an attack on a Jewish restaurant in France in 1982 that killed six people, an official at the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.
France to create 11,000 places for refugees, asylum seekers
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government said on Wednesday it would create 11,000 places to house refugees and asylum seekers as the number of people living in illegal migrant camps swells.
