WORLD HEADLINES
By Michelle Martin and Michael Shields BERLIN/ZURICH (Reuters) – Germany appealed on Sunday for a rapid return to “orderly procedures” in dealing with Europe’s migrant crisis, as the continent’s most powerful nation acknowledged it could scarcely cope with thousands of asylum seekers arriving daily. A week after Chancellor Angela Merkel effectively opened German borders to asylum seekers, one senior minister said the country had reached its limits. Bild newspaper reported
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri called on young Muslim men in the United States and other Western countries to carry out attacks inside there and urged greater unity between militants. It was not clear when the recording was made but references to former Taliban leader Mullah Mohamed Omar as being alive suggest it is at least two months old. Zawahri reiterated his position on Islamic State, repeating what he said
Russia will continue with military supplies to Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies on Sunday. Moscow has come under increased international pressure in recent days over what Washington and Gulf states say is a Russian military build-up in Syria, where the Kremlin has been supporting President Bashar al-Assad in a four-and-a-half-year war. “There were military supplies, they are ongoing and they will continue.
By Mohammed Ghobari SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s exiled government pulled out of U.N.-mediated peace talks with its Houthi adversaries on Sunday as troops from the Saudi-led coalition that is seeking to restore it took part in ground fighting in a central province for the first time. Loyalists of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi have been battling the Iran-allied Houthis across Yemen since March, when the group forced him and his administration
By Paul Carrel and Noah Barkin BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe’s refugee crisis is revealing the changing soul of Germany. The same year, politician Thilo Sarrazin published his book “Deutschland schafft sich ab” (Germany does away with itself), warning that Muslim immigrants were ruining German society. “This is the moment where Germany has recognized it has a global role,” says Harold James, an economic historian at Princeton University.
By Seyhmus Cakan DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Kurdish militants killed two police officers in a car bomb attack on a checkpoint in southeast Turkey on Sunday, as authorities imposed a curfew in the region’s largest city Diyarbakir where clashes broke out, security sources said. Turkish forces backed up by helicopters and commandos shelled a mountainous area where the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters had fled after the checkpoint attack in
Great Britain and Ireland increased their lead over the United States to 10-6 on Sunday with just the closing singles matches to come on the final day of the Walker Cup. Leading 7-5 after Saturday’s play at Royal Lytham, the home side won three of the four morning foursomes and now need to take just three and a half points out of 10 to be sure of regaining the trophy.
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — With two holes left to play in her bid to become the youngest LPGA major champion at the Evian Championship, Lydia Ko stayed as relaxed and composed as a seasoned veteran. The South Korean-born New Zealander birdied both on the shores of Lake Geneva to reach a new landmark in her short but already storied career.
Prague (AFP) – The Czech Republic said Sunday it will boost controls on its border with Austria over the refugee crisis, following a similar move by Germany.
Britain’s Trades Union Congress on Sunday hailed the election of Jeremy Corbyn to the Labour leadership, but warned that the main opposition party had to regain the trust of workers. “Only the most hard-bitten cynic wouldn’t have been impressed by the way that this campaign seems to have taken off and particularly the way young people have been excited about getting involved in politics,” said TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady.
