BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union leaders arrived in Brussels Monday to press Turkey to do more to stop migrants from entering Europe and to shore up support for Greece, where thousands of people are stranded. The leaders are expected to declare the main Balkan migrant route closed, after Macedonia – …
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Turkey hopes EU talks will mark turning point
BRUSSELS (AP) – The Latest on the migration crisis as leaders from the EU and Turkey meet in Brussels (all times local): 11:30 a.m. Turkey’s prime minister says he hopes that a summit with European Union leaders on Monday will mark a turning point in relations as the EU seeks …
Read More »Iraqi refugees return after Europe disappoints
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq (AP) – Surkaw Omar and Rebien Abdullah quit their jobs and spent their life savings to migrate to Europe, only to find crowded asylum camps, hunger and freezing weather. Now back home in northern Iraq, they describe their quest for a better life as a disaster. They each …
Read More »Iraq: Death toll from Sunday’s suicide attack climbs to 61
BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraqi officials said on Monday that the death toll from Sunday’s suicide truck bombing south of Baghdad climbed to 61. Among the dead were 52 civilians, while the rest were members of the security forces, a police officer said. Another 95 people were injured in the attack …
Read More »North Korea again threatens nuke strikes on US, South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea on Monday issued its latest belligerent threat, warning of an indiscriminate “pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice” on Washington and Seoul, this time in reaction to the start of huge U.S.-South Korean military drills. Such threats have been a staple of young North Korean …
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