Italy PM urges united EU action to tackle migrant crisis
ROME (Reuters) – The European Union must take a collective stand to tackle migrant trafficking at its source in African countries, Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Wednesday ahead of an emergency summit of the bloc’s leaders to discuss the c…
Timing of sanctions relief may be deal breaker as Iran talks resume
VIENNA (Reuters) – The timing of sanctions relief is the main sticking point in nuclear talks that resumed on Wednesday with a meeting between delegates from Iran and the European Union.
France’s Hollande moots cancellation of Mistral deal with Russia
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday explicitly evoked the cancellation and reimbursement of a frozen contract to sell Mistral helicopter carriers to Russia two days before meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Western Sahara’s Polisario threatens to review U.N. cooperation
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The Polisario Front independence movement in the disputed North African territory of Western Sahara has threatened to review cooperation with United Nations monitors if the world body gives up on the idea of a referendum on t…
Farmer hangs himself at political rally in India’s capital
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A farmer hanged himself from a tree during a political rally in New Delhi on Wednesday, in what appeared to be a desperate protest against the hardship felt by many people scratching a living in rural India.
Central African Republic’s transitional government delays peace forum
BANGUI (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s transitional government has postponed a peace forum involving factions in a two-year-old conflict that has killed thousands, a statement from parliament said, as the country prepares for elections by the en…
Turkey’s Erdogan doesn’t expect Obama to call Armenian killings ‘genocide’
Ankara (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he did not expect U.S. President Barack Obama to use the word “genocide” in reference to the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One.
Game of losers? Poisoned chalice awaits UK election victor
LONDON (Reuters) – Few politicians would be foolish enough to say publicly they’d prefer not to be elected because of the unpopular decisions that await, but next month’s election in Britain is one some may privately regard as a poisoned chalice.
Ukraine, in snub to Moscow, to adopt British war-time symbol, ditch Soviet war name
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine, in a break with tradition that is certain to rile Moscow, is ditching the Soviet name for World War Two and aims to adopt the poppy, a mainly British wartime symbol, to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi German…
Pope met French Vatican envoy nominee at center of gay speculation
PARIS (Reuters) – Pope Francis has held a private meeting with France’s nominee as ambassador to the Holy See, the French government said on Wednesday in the latest twist in a months-long stand-off over the Vatican’s failure to confirm his posting.
