EU’s Juncker snubs Greek PM after ‘absurd’ debt deal rebuff
BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief executive declined to speak to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday after the leftist leader rejected as “absurd” international creditors’ terms for a cash-for-reform deal to keep his co…
Idlib gains bring Syrian rebels closer to Assad’s coastal homeland
AMMAN (Reuters) – Sunni Islamist groups have overrun Syrian army outposts and villages in the Idlib province, closing on coastal strongholds of President Bashar al Assad’s government, rebels and a monitor said on Saturday.
U.S., allies target Islamic State with 21 air strikes: task force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies have conducted 14 air strikes targeting Islamic State militants in Iraq since early on Friday and an additional seven targeting them in Syria, the Combined Joint Task Force carrying out the operat…
More than 2,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean, operations ongoing
ROME (Reuters) – More than 2,000 migrants were rescued from five wooden boats in the Mediterranean on Saturday and as many as seven other vessels have been reported at sea, the privately funded Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) and Italy’s coastguard…
French PM Valls promises to pursue reforms to boost growth
POITIERS, France (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Saturday his government would press ahead with a program of reforms to boost fragile economic growth, and accused some business leaders of fuelling anxiety.
China ship disaster death toll jumps, company says sorry
JIANLI, China (Reuters) – The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze River jumped to 396 on Saturday, leaving fewer than 50 still missing, as the boat operator apologized and said it would cooperate with inve…
Obama faces new dynamic with Europe at G7 summit in Germany
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When President Barack Obama attends the Group of Seven summit in Germany on Sunday, he will join fellow leaders who are growing accustomed to a new dynamic in the transatlantic relationship: less direction from Washington, more d…
Bangladesh, India sign historic land boundary agreement
DHAKA (Reuters) – India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed an agreement to simplify their 4,000-km (2,500-mile) border and clarify the identities of 52,000 living in enclaves, over four decades after the neighbors first tried to untangle complex territo…
Thousands protest in Bavaria ahead of G7 summit
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators marched in the German resort town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Saturday to protest against a meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations that starts on Sunday…
Greek officials play down snap election option in debt stand off
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek government officials on Saturday played down the possibility of early elections to break an impasse with the country’s creditors the day after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras dismissed the lenders’ latest cash-for-reforms offer.
