Dutch ruling coalition continues slide in opinion poll
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The center-right government of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte slid further in opinion polls ahead of a March provincial election that could see his fragile Liberal-Labour coalition lose the Senate.
Geopolitics versus politics in Greek debt drama
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – In the tug-of-war over Greece’s debt crisis, geopolitics and domestic politics are pulling in opposite directions.
Turkish court remands 17 policemen to face wiretapping trial
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court remanded 17 policemen in custody to face trial as part of an investigation into the illegal wiretapping of politicians, civil servants and businessmen, Turkish media reported on Sunday.
Former top health official in China gets 19 years prison: media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The former deputy health commission chief in the Chinese city of Shanghai has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after being found guilty of taking bribes, corruption and embezzlement, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sund…
Italian coastguard goes to rescue of at least 600 migrants
ROME (Reuters) – Two merchant ships and an Italian coast guard vessel went to the rescue of more than 600 migrants who sent emergency calls for help from their packed rubber boats near the Libyan coast on Saturday.
Shots fired at Copenhagen synagogue: Danish police
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – One person was shot in the head and two police were wounded in an attack on a synagogue in central Copenhagen, Danish police said, adding that it was too early to say whether the incident was connected to an earlier one at an art…
Shelling halts in Ukraine’s Donetsk as Poroshenko orders ceasefire
DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Shelling suddenly stopped at midnight in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk after President Petro Poroshenko gave the order to government forces to halt firing in line with a ceasefire agreement reached last Thursday.
One dead in shooting at Danish meeting with artist who drew Mohammad
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A civilian was killed and three police wounded on Saturday when a masked gunman sprayed bullets into a Copenhagen meeting attended by a Swedish artist threatened with death for his cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
German anti-euro party eyes first seats in western state
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s euroskeptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party may win seats in its first western state on Sunday, buoyed by worries Greece’s new anti-austerity government could unleash a fresh wave of turmoil in the euro zone.
‘Misfits’ plotted Valentine’s Day murders in Canada mall: minister
TORONTO (Reuters) – A group of “murderous misfits” planned a massacre on Valentine’s Day at Canada’s largest regional shopping mall, the justice minister said on Saturday, but the alleged plot was foiled by police after an anonymous tipoff.
