EU legal fog lets Scots bank on politics to keep them in
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – If Scots vote for independence, it will be in part because they believe assurances that their small Atlantic peninsula can quit the United Kingdom without ever leaving the secure embrace of the European Union.
Islamic State attracts female jihadis from U.S. heartland
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – U.S. law enforcement is investigating a new phenomenon of women from the American heartland joining Islamic State as President Barack Obama vows to cut off the militants’ recruiting at home.
Thousands of activists stage ‘black cloth’ march in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Thousands of pro-democracy activists clad in black marched silently through Hong Kong on Sunday, holding banners saying they felt betrayed and angry at Beijing’s refusal to allow fully-democratic elections for the city’s next chie…
Hardest yet to come for France’s Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) – A bitter public attack by a jilted ex-partner, a cabinet melt-down and the admission of broken economic promises have meant an uncomfortable three weeks for Francois Hollande.
Iraq PM says he will protect civilians after U.S.-Iraq air strikes against IS
BAGHDAD/CAIRO (Reuters) – Iraq’s Shi’ite Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday that he had ordered his air force to halt strikes on civilian areas, following attacks by both Iraqi and U.S. jets in large areas of the country held by Islamic St…
Europe changing shape whichever way Scotland goes
PARIS (Reuters) – Whatever the outcome of this week’s Scottish referendum on independence, the shape of Europe is changing as power ebbs away from old nation states, sparking a backlash in some places.
Europe changing shape whichever way Scotland goes
PARIS (Reuters) – Whatever the outcome of this week’s Scottish referendum on independence, the shape of Europe is changing as power ebbs away from old nation states, sparking a backlash in some places.
Tough time to sell Ukraine president’s ‘mouthwatering’ candy empire
LONDON (Reuters) – A chance to buy the candy empire of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is the kind of opportunity in a fast-growing market that would normally have multinational confectioners – like Nestle or Cadbury’s parent Mondelez – drooling a…
Nigeria military says one of its warplanes missing in northeast
ABUJA (Reuters) – The Nigerian military said on Sunday one of its fighter jets that was operating in a northeast state where the armed forces are fighting Islamist Boko Haram militants had gone missing.
Ukraine’s threat to shun Russian telecoms hard to fulfill
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Russian mobile firms face being squeezed out of Ukraine after Kiev signaled it would favor European companies in future airwave auctions to curb Moscow’s influence in the country.
