As Turkish election looms, Erdogan presses pro-Kurdish opposition
ANKARA (Reuters) – At an “anti-terrorism rally” this weekend, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan looked out over a sea of red national flags and implored supporters to vote on Nov.1 for “domestic” candidates.
Refugee crisis to test EU at summit of divided leaders
BRUSSELS/ LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – Bitterly-divided European leaders will seek to find a credible response to the continent’s worst migration crisis since World War Two at an emergency summit this week.
Israel, Russia to coordinate military action on Syria: Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel and Russia will coordinate their military actions over Syria to avoid accidentally trading fire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday after talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Million fewer tourists visit Tunisia this year after Islamist attacks
TUNIS (Reuters) – The number of foreign tourists in Tunisia dropped by 20 percent to four million in the first eight months of the year after two Islamist attacks that killed dozens of Western visitors, the tourism minister said on Monday.
U.N. investigator sees Milosevic’s fate awaiting Assad
GENEVA (Reuters) – Justice will catch up with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad even if he remains in power under a negotiated end to Syria’s war, U.N. human rights investigator Carla del Ponte said on Monday.
Chile president pledges cash to help victims of earthquake
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet promised financial help on Monday to victims of last week’s 8.3 magnitude earthquake and the tsunami that followed, which battered the country’s coastline near the port of Coquimbo and destroyed …
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi promises voters corruption free government
KAWHMU, Myanmar (Reuters) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi pledged to form a government free from corruption, empower workers and end reliance on foreign aid, as she campaigned on Monday for the southeast Asian country’s first free national…
Drunken man dies in India after road built over him
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A drunken man in India died after he fell into a hole and construction workers built a road over him, police said on Monday.Police in the district of Katni in Madhya Pradesh state in central India said the 45-year-old was returnin…
Most Palestinians no longer support two-state solution
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – More than half of Palestinians no longer support a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel, a survey released on Monday showed, rejecting the goal that has underpinned four decades of international diplomacy.
Political stakes high for Sinn Fein in North Irish crisis talks
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Sinn Fein’s hopes of becoming the latest European anti-austerity party to break into power will be tested in the coming weeks as it struggles to save Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government from collapse.
