Russia wants precise wording for U.N. resolution on Libya human smugglers
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday any U.N. Security Council resolution allowing for the use of force in the Mediterranean to stop gangs smuggling migrants must define the powers of an EU naval mission precisely to win Moscow’s backing.
Qatar sues French far-right official for attacks comment
PARIS (Reuters) – Qatar said on Monday it was suing a senior member of France’s far-right National Front who accused it of funding Islamist extremism in the days after January’s deadly attacks in France on a satirical magazine and Jewish foodstore.
Thousands of tonnes of Yemen food aid diverted by fighting: U.N. officials
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thousands of tonnes of food aid for war-ravaged Yemen have been diverted from the port of Aden because of heavy fighting there, U.N. officials said on Monday.
France, Germany raise concerns over EU migrant redistribution plan
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France and Germany raised concerns on Monday over a European Commission plan to redistribute migrants reaching Italy and Greece, saying it must take better account of efforts they have already taken to help asylum-seekers.
Italy PM Renzi’s party pledges to stay on course after vote setback
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s ruling centre-left party promised on Monday to push on with its reform agenda after anti-establishment and euro-sceptic parties posted strong results in local elections.
Former top Hungarian communist faces new trial over role in 1956 reprisals
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – A 93-year-old former senior Hungarian Communist Party official convicted of war crimes last year will face a new trial after a higher court on Monday annulled his jail sentence, saying the verdict against him was unsubstantiated.
Merkel, Hollande, Tsipras call was ‘constructive’: Germany
BERLIN (Reuters) – A phone call on Sunday between German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took place in a “constructive” atmosphere, the German government said on Monday.
Bangladesh files murder charges in 2013 garment factory tragedy
DHAKA (Reuters) – Police in Bangladesh on Monday filed the first formal murder charges against the owner of a building that collapsed in 2013, killing more than 1,130 people in the country’s worst industrial disaster.
China to hold fire drills along Myanmar border
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military will hold land and air live fire drills along a part of the border with Myanmar where shells have fallen during fighting between the Myanmar government and ethnic Chinese rebels, the Defence Ministry said on Monday….
EU’s Oettinger says Greece deal still possible this week
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s EU Commissioner Guenter Oettinger said on Monday it might still be possible for Greece and its creditors to reach a deal this week.
