Italy rescues 5,200 boat migrants since Thursday, three dead
ROME (Reuters) – Italy has rescued about 5,200 men, women and children and recovered three dead bodies from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean Sea since early Thursday.
Syria becoming warlord-run failed state: former peace envoy
BERLIN (Reuters) – Syria is descending into a Somalia-style failed state run by warlords which poses a grave threat to the future of the Middle East, former peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has said.
Senior U.S., Iran, EU officials to meet on Monday-Tuesday in Geneva
ANKARA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian, U.S. and European Union officials will start two days of talks about Tehran’s nuclear programme on Monday, Iran said, giving its first word about what appears to be a bid to rescue faltering wider negotiations on endin…
Bombing on Kurdish party HQ in Iraq kills 18
BAQUBA Iraq (Reuters) – At least 18 people were killed in two blasts at the headquarters of a Kurdish political party in Iraq’s ethnically mixed province of Diyala on Sunday, local officials and medics said.
More to come in huge Venice flood barrier graft scandal: prosecutor
ROME (Reuters) – An Italian investigation that last week named 35 suspects in a massive graft scheme to cheat the “Moses” flood barrier project in Venice is far from over, the lead prosecutor in the case said on Sunday.
Ukraine’s Poroshenko plans new team to take on Putin, build ties with West
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s newly-installed President Petro Poroshenko is set to remake a governing team which will handle the crisis with Russia, with talks on gas prices on Monday providing an early test of his new relationship with Russia’s Vladimir …
Iran president to visit Turkey with trade, Syria war on agenda
ANKARA (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits Turkey on Monday to discuss expansion of trade and the civil war in Syria which has stained relations between the two neighbors.
Basques form 123-km human chain calling for independence vote
BILBAO Spain (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Basques held hands on Sunday to form a 123-km chain stretching across the northern Spanish region calling for the right to hold a vote on independence.
Two Kurdish protesters killed in Turkey’s southeast
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – Two people were killed on Saturday night in Turkey’s southeast Diyarbakir province during clashes between the security forces and Kurdish protesters, security sources said.
Ukraine’s new leader stands up to Moscow over Crimea and Europe
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s new president Petro Poroshenko said his country would never give up Crimea and would not compromise on its path towards closer ties with Europe, spelling out a defiant message to Russia in his inaugural speech on Saturday.
