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Germany backs Greek bailout as Tsipras mulls early polls
BERLIN/ATHENS (Reuters) – Germany’s parliament approved a third bailout for Greece on Wednesday after Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble argued the country should get “a new start”, while in Athens the government agonized over whether to call a snap election. The Bundestag’s vote cleared one of the final obstacles to Greece getting funding so that it can make a 3.2 billion euro debt repayment to the European Central Bank on Thursday.
Russia's Putin would consider meeting Obama at U.N.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend next month’s U.N. General Assembly in New York and would “consider constructively” any request for a meeting there with President Barack Obama, Russia’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. Relations between Russia and the West hit a post-Cold War low over Ukraine, where Moscow annexed Crimea from Kiev last year and where Washington and Brussels say it is driving a separatist pro-Russian revolt in the
Saudi-led alliance wins Yemen battles, but peace remains elusive
By Mohammed Ghobari and Noah Browning SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Emirati tanks heave across southern Yemen’s stony wastes and Apache helicopters from a Saudi-led coalition, dubbed “black genies” by local media, rule its skies, helping fighters loyal to the exiled government win the initiative against an Iran-allied militia. The advanced weapons deployed by Gulf Arab states have powered the local fighters into territory controlled by the Houthi group, reversing the tide
Tsipras said not to have decided on early Greek elections, left rebels turn up heat
By George Georgiopoulos ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has yet to make up his mind on calling early elections, a government minister said on Wednesday, following a rift in the ruling party over the country’s new bailout deal. The comment came as former energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, who leads hard left rebels in Tsipras’ Syriza party, repeated his opposition to the bailout and signaled he might refuse
Eight soldiers killed, Istanbul palace attacked as Turkish unrest mounts
By Nick Tattersall and Seyhmus Cakan ISTANBUL/DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Gunmen opened fire on Turkish police outside an Istanbul palace and eight soldiers were killed in a bomb attack in the southeast on Wednesday, heightening a sense of crisis as the country’s political leaders struggle to form a new government. The Istanbul governor’s office said two members of a “terrorist group” armed with hand grenades and an automatic rifle were
Germany expects refugee numbers to reach 800,000 this year
The number of asylum-seekers and refugees to Germany will quadruple to a record 800,000 this year compared with last, twice as many as forecast in January, the government said on Wednesday. Germany has become a magnet for refugees from Africa, Asia and the Middle East and has criticized European Union partners for not doing more. “We’ve got to reckon there will be 800,000 people coming to Germany as refugees or
Nearly 30,000 firefighters battling western US blazes
Nearly 30,000 firefighters and support staff were battling blazes across a handful of mainly western US states, officials said Wednesday, after millions of acres and multiple buildings have burned. A total of 7.16 million acres (2.9 million hectares) have gone up in flames across the country this year, the National Interagency Fire Center said. The firefighters and other personnel, who totaled 28,884 as of Wednesday, were battling large wildfires in
Dijsselbloem: IMF, euro zone can agree on Greek debt
Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Wednesday he believes that euro zone countries and the International Monetary Fund will be able to come to an agreement on IMF participation in Greece’s latest bailout package. Dijsselbloem said that while European governments opposed any nominal writedown of Greek debt, and while the IMF believed Greek debt was not sustainable as is, they will be able to find a compromise in the form
Greek PM calls on European Parliament to join quartet of creditors
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for the European Parliament to join the so-called quartet of creditor institutions overseeing the country’s 86-billion-euro EU/IMF bailout program. “I deem it politically imperative that the sole European institution with direct popular mandate acts as the ultimate guarantor of democratic accountability and compatibility of economic policy in Europe,” Tsipras wrote in a letter to European Parliament President Martin Schulz. Tsipras’ office said Schulz reacted