It’s time for realism in EU-Russia ties: France’s Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron urged the European Union on Thursday to modernize its post-Cold War ties with Russia and pursue “strategic relations” with Turkey as well as other close neighbors, including in defense matters.
German officials promise crackdown on neo-Nazis after violent anti-immigrant protests
Officials in Germany’s eastern state of Saxony sought to avert further unrest in the city of Chemnitz before the far right gathers for another anti-immigration protest later on Thursday after several violent confrontations this week.
U.N. calls on China to free Uighurs from ‘re-education camps’
United Nations human rights experts voiced concern on Thursday over alleged Chinese political “re-education camps” for Muslim Uighurs, and called for the immediate release of those detained on the “pretext of countering terrorism”.
Germany’s left eyes revival in new grassroots movement
Bidding to stem the rise of the far-right AfD, Germany’s left next week launches a grassroots movement aimed at emulating the success of Britain’s Momentum group which propelled hardliner Jeremy Corbyn to the leadership of the Labour Party.
Former Congolese military leader: I am not ‘the Terminator’
A former Congo military leader on trial for charges ranging from murder and rape to conscripting child soldiers and sexual slavery told judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday that he was “a revolutionary, but not a criminal”.
Special Report: In Venezuela, new cryptocurrency is nowhere to be found
To hear Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro tell it, this remote hamlet of 1,300 souls is perched on the cutting edge of an innovation in cryptocurrency.
Macron affirms love for France after ‘resistant Gauls’ aside
President Emmanuel Macron found himself having to defend his love of France and the French against critics at home on Thursday after suggesting during a visit to Denmark that his compatriots were slow to accept change.
Lenders not to blame for ballooning Pacific debts: Samoa PM
Pacific Island states only have themselves to blame if they fall into debt problems and criticism of China’s surging lending in the region by rival powers has been patronizing, Samoa’s Prime Minister said on Thursday.
Libya evacuates with U.N. help migrants trapped by Tripoli clashes
Hundreds of migrants have been relocated in Libya’s capital from government-run detention centers after getting trapped by clashes between rival groups, U.N. and aid sources said on Thursday.
Parties deadlocked ahead of September Swedish election: poll
Sweden’s main center-left and center-right political blocs are running virtually neck-and-neck just 10 days ahead of an election dominated by worries over immigration, and surging support for the populist Sweden Democrats, a poll shows.
