Germany arrests suspected Islamic State militant after return from Syria
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested a suspected supporter of the insurgent group Islamic State (IS) who was recently in Syria and raided his apartment in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, federal prosecutors said on Sunday.
Mali’s president names new government ahead of peace talks
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has approved a new government, the third since he took power less than two years ago, ahead of fresh peace talks with separatists in the troubled north of the vast West African nation.
Riga’s new missionaries look east, again
RIGA (Reuters) – European Union meetings in Riga last week were heavy with the historical symbolism EU leaders turn to for relief from economic malaise, terrorism or fears of Russia.
Suspect hunted over Paris attacks left France last week: sources
PARIS (Reuters) – A woman hunted by French police as a suspect in the attacks on a satirical paper and Jewish supermarket in Paris left France several day before the killings and is believed to be in Syria, Turkish and French sources said on Saturday.
Serbian PM accuses EU of backing anti-government media
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s prime minister accused European Union’s officials late on Saturday of orchestrating a campaign against the government after a regional news organization published a critical article about the reconstruction of a key coal m…
‘Vibrant India’: Modi’s superlative act to charm investors
GANDHINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Global statesmen and business titans descended on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state on Sunday to pay homage to the man they count on to unleash big-bang reforms and create one of the few bright spots in a t…
Suspect hunted over Paris attacks left France last week: sources
PARIS (Reuters) – A woman hunted by French police as a suspect in the attacks on a satirical paper and Jewish supermarket in Paris left France several day before the killings and is believed to be in Syria, Turkish and French sources said on Saturday.
No Ukraine summit without progress on peace plan, Merkel tells Putin
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone on Saturday that a four-way summit to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine would not take place until there was real progress on the Minsk peace p…
Suicide attack at Lebanese cafe kills at least seven
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – A suicide bomb attack on a cafe in the Lebanese city of Tripoli killed at least seven people on Saturday, the latest violence to hit a region repeatedly buffeted by violence linked to the civil war in neighboring Syria.
UK Prime Minister Cameron to visit Washington next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron will have meetings with President Barack Obama next week during a two-day visit to Washington, the White House said on Saturday.
