Ukraine faces risky year fighting to escape Russian orbit: Poroshenko
KIEV(Reuters) – President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday Ukraine was facing a precarious year struggling to fend off what he called Russian strategies to undermine Kiev’s drive for closer relations with Europe.
North, South Korea reach agreement to ease tensions
SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea reached agreement early on Tuesday to end a standoff involving an exchange of artillery fire that had pushed the divided peninsula into a state of heightened military tension.
Lebanese anti-government protesters call Saturday rally
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese protest organizers called for more demonstrations against the government on Saturday after two days rallies that descended into violence and forced the government to erect blast walls around it headquarters.
Turkey’s Erdogan calls parliamentary election, to meet PM Davutoglu
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has called for fresh parliamentary elections, his office said on Monday, in a widely anticipated move after two months of coalition talks failed to produce a coalition government ahead of a deadline.
U.S., Turkey to launch ‘comprehensive’ anti-Islamic State operation
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey and the United States will soon launch “comprehensive” air operations to flush Islamic State fighters from a zone in northern Syria bordering Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Reuters on Monday.
Migrants scuffle with police in Milan, denounce conditions
MILAN (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants scuffled with police and briefly blocked a major road in Italy’s financial capital Milan on Monday in a protest against their living conditions and their long wait for authorization to seek work.
Houthi rockets kill 14 civilians in Yemen’s Taiz: residents
SANAA (Reuters) – Rockets fired by Houthi militiamen killed 14 civilians, most of them children, as fighting intensified for control of Yemen’s third largest city, Taiz, residents said on Monday.
France honors Americans, Briton who disarmed train gunman
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande bestowed France’s highest honor on Monday on three Americans and a Briton who helped disarm a gun-toting suspected Islamist militant on a train last week.
North Korea expresses regret over landmines that wounded South soldiers: statement
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea expressed regret over a landmine incident that wounded two South Korean soldiers this month, the two sides said in a joint statement issued on Tuesday after marathon talks between the rival states aimed at easing tensions….
By boat and bus, Balkan states move migrants on
PRESEVO, Serbia (Reuters) – Thousands of migrants, many of them refugees from Syria, surged through the Balkans on Monday en route to western Europe, riding by boat and bus in an organized effort by cash-strapped governments to move them on as swiftly …
