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.
Three Ukrainian serviceman killed in separatist east: Kiev military
KIEV (Reuters) – Three Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and four others wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the east over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s military spokesman said on Monday.
Vietnam, U.S. discuss land reclamation in South China Sea
HANOI (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter discussed his call for an end to island-building in the South China Sea in talks on Monday with his Vietnamese counterpart, who said Vietnam had not expanded its islands but had done work to prevent w…
Taliban attack police headquarters in east Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban militants stormed a police headquarters in an Afghan city after a suicide bomb attack at its gate and wounded at least nine policemen, officials said on Monday.
