Ethiopia defends detention of opposition Briton
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia defended its detention of an opposition leader with British citizenship on Friday and said he was being treated well, after London said the case risked hurting ties.
Danish Liberals to try form minority government alone: sources
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s Liberals Party, which won an election last week with other center-right parties but has been unable to form a government with them, will try to establish a minority cabinet alone, sources close to the coalition talks to…
Dijsselbloem has good chance of remaining Eurogroup head: Dutch PM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Dutch finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem has a good chance of being re-elected as the head of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers but nothing is certain, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday.
Iraq Kurds expel some suspected Islamic State supporters from villages
ERBIL (Reuters) – The four men helped each other clamber up the far side of a trench into the no-man’s land between frontlines in northern Iraq, fearing what lay ahead but unable to turn back. Moving forward under a pounding sun, they carefully navigated around landmines until reaching the border of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate hours later, according to an account of the journey related by one of the men, Abu Muhannad.They are among dozens – some Arabs in the area say hundreds – o
Russian spymaster-statesman Primakov dies at 85
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, who helped restore stability after an economic crash in 1998 and shifted the focus of foreign policy away from the West, has died at the age of 85 after a long illness.
U.N. urges EU states to make ‘concrete commitments’ on refugees
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that the European Union’s decisions on the migrant crisis would need to be followed by “concrete commitments” from member states to ease the pressure on Italy and Greece.
Vatican signs first treaty with ‘State of Palestine’, Israel angered
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Vatican signed its first treaty with the “State of Palestine” on Friday, calling for “courageous decisions” to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and backing a two-state solution.
Turkey summons Israeli diplomat after journalists, NGO workers refused entry
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday it summoned the highest-ranking Israeli diplomat in Ankara to explain why a group of Turkish journalists and civil society workers were refused entry at Ben Gurion Airport.
North Korea to foreigners: don’t bring in subversive media, porn
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has warned foreigners living in Pyongyang not to share outside media on memory sticks with its citizens, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a note, cracking down on what the isolated country called “undesirable conten…
U.N. mediator to visit Kuwait, Riyadh in search of Yemen deal
GENEVA (Reuters) – A United Nations envoy will hold talks in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in the coming days on a draft peace proposal for Yemen with the aim of reaching a “preliminary agreement” with Houthi fighters, a U.N. spokesman said on Friday.
