Canada’s Harper shifts to politics of fear amid refugee crisis: analysts
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, stung by criticism over his government’s slow response to the Syrian refugee crisis, shifted the focus of his re-election campaign to national security on Friday, a move analysts said brings t…
Ally of slain Russian politician takes on Kremlin in regional vote
KOSTROMA, Russia (Reuters) – Six months after opposition politician Boris Nemtsov was shot dead outside the Kremlin in an unsolved contract killing, one of his closest allies is trying to take on Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party in regional electio…
Hungary PM slams migrant ‘rebellion’, U.N. warns of millions more refugees
BUDAPEST/GENEVA (Reuters) – Hungary’s prime minister angrily accused illegal migrants on Friday of “rebelling” against the rule of law in his country as security forces across Europe struggled to control record flows of hungry, scared refugees.
Obama likely to meet Israel’s Netanyahu in November, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will likely hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in early November, the White House said on Friday, their first meeting since U.S.-led diplomacy resulted in an Iran nuclear deal that Is…
U.S., Cuba set agenda on improving relations
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba and the United States on Friday set an agenda for improving relations, putting a priority on more easily attainable agreements while leaving aside difficult issues such as the U.S. trade embargo and naval base at Guantanamo Bay,…
Obama likely to meet Israel’s Netanyahu in November, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will likely hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in early November, the White House said on Friday, their first meeting since U.S.-led diplomacy resulted in an Iran nuclear deal that Is…
Russia to U.S.: talk to us on Syria or risk ‘unintended incidents’
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia called on Friday for military-to-military cooperation with the United States to avert “unintended incidents” as it stages navy exercises off the coast of Syria, where U.S. officials believe Moscow is building up for…
U.S., allies conduct 30 air strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A coalition led by the United States bombarded Islamic State militants on Thursday with 27 air strikes in Iraq and three in Syria, according to a statement released on Friday.
Turkey’s ruling AKP heads into congress in shadow of Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – When Turkey’s ruling AK Party convenes its three-yearly congress in the capital Ankara on Saturday, the longest shadow will be cast by a politician who, officially at least, is no longer even a member: President Tayyip Erdogan.
At least 107 killed by falling crane at Grand Mosque in Mecca
RIYADH (Reuters) – At least 107 people were killed when a crane toppled over at Mecca’s Grand Mosque on Friday, Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defence authority said, less than two weeks before Islam’s annual haj pilgrimage.
