Italy PM picks Paolo Gentiloni as new foreign minister in surprise choice
ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Matteo Renzi appointed Paolo Gentiloni, a close ally and former communications minister, to be Italy’s new foreign minister on Friday, in a surprise decision.
Canadian who killed police gets five life sentences
(Reuters) – A man who shot and killed three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and wounded two others in June has been given five life sentences in prison, with no possibility of parole for 75 years, an unprecedented sentence in Canada, according t…
Italy to end sea rescue mission that saved 100,000 migrants
ROME (Reuters) – Italy said on Friday it would close a sea rescue mission that has saved the lives of more than 100,000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East, a move one rights group warned could lead to a “surge of deaths” in the Mediterranean.
Muslim men over 50 pray at Jerusalem’s Aqsa mosque amid tight security
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Muslim men over 50 prayed at the Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday amid intense security, a day after Israel closed all access to the sacred compound for the first time in more than a decade following violence on the s…
Europe won’t recognize vote in eastern Ukraine, Merkel tells Putin
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone that Sunday’s planned elections in eastern Ukraine were illegitimate and would not be recognized by European leaders, a Berlin government spokesman sa…
South Sudan famine temporarily averted, but risks remain: U.N.
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Aid and some small harvests have helped stave off a feared famine in South Sudan, but any more fighting there could still leave millions facing severe hunger next year, a senior World Food Program (WFP) official said on Friday.
Canada security services struggle with extremist threat, resources gap
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s spy agency and national police force are so constrained by a lack of resources that they can’t keep close track of all the Islamic extremists who may be a potential threat at home and they have also had to abandon some counter-espionage work and criminal investigations, according to current and former intelligence and police officials.
South Sudan famine temporarily averted, but risks remain: U.N.
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Aid and some small harvests have helped stave off a feared famine in South Sudan, but any more fighting there could still leave millions facing severe hunger next year, a senior World Food Programme (WFP) official said on Friday.
Thousands denounce HSBC board member’s likening of Hong Kong people to freed slaves
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands have signed an online petition denouncing reported comments by an HSBC Holdings board member in which she likened Hong Kong protesters’ demands for democracy to the emancipation of slaves.
Dutch team recovers human remains from MH17 crash site: PM
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A Dutch team took advantage of a pause in fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine on Friday to recover human remains from the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site, the Dutch prime minister said.
