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Greece adopts law extending working hours despite protests

16 Oct 2025

By Angeliki Koutantou and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s parliament approved a bill on Thursday allowing private sector employers to extend working hours despite protests from workers already struggling from a cost-of-living crisis. The bill, which allows employers to enforce 13-hour work days, up from the current eight hours, aims to make the labour market …

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Greece, Egypt agree future of Mount Sinai monastery, Greek PM says

16 Oct 2025

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece said on Thursday it had agreed with Egypt on the future of St Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Egypt’s Mount Sinai, one of the world’s oldest sites of Christian worship whose status had led to a diplomatic spat between the two countries. Athens had expressed concern about plans by Egypt to …

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France angry at ‘arbitrary’ prison sentences against citizens in Iran

16 Oct 2025

By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -France condemned on Thursday the lengthy prison sentences given to two of its citizens for espionage, saying the charges were unfounded and the punishment arbitrary. Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris have been detained since 2022, among dozens of foreign and dual nationals held by Iran in recent years, often …

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Catholic Church is failing abuse victims, Vatican panel says

16 Oct 2025

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican’s child protection commission accused senior Catholic leaders on Thursday of being too slow to help victims of sexual abuse by clergy and implement new safeguarding efforts in an unusually critical internal report on the issue. For decades, the 1.4-billion-member Church has been shaken by scandals across the …

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UK facing growing threat from Russia, Iran, and terrorists, MI5 chief says

16 Oct 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is facing an escalating threat from hostile states such as Russia, Iran, and China while the terrorism risk is “huge” with al Qaeda and Islamic State seeking to incite would-be attackers, the UK’s domestic spy chief said on Thursday. MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said there had been a 35% increase in …

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Freed Gaza photographer overjoyed to find family alive after being told in Israeli jail they were dead

16 Oct 2025

By Pesha Magid KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -Shadi Abu Sido said his world shattered in Israeli detention when guards told him his wife and two children had been killed in the Gaza war. “I got hysterical,” the Gaza Palestinian photographer said. It wasn’t until his release on Monday, part of the U.S.-mediated ceasefire deal …

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EU Parliament committee supports quicker phase out of Russian gas

16 Oct 2025

(Reuters) -The European Parliament’s energy committee on Thursday supported proposals to speed up the EU’s phase-out of Russian gas by a year. Under the new proposal, imports of natural gas from Russia would be banned from the start of next year, with limited exceptions until January 1, 2027, for contracts that were concluded before June …

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German court hears case of Afghan accused of killing man, toddler in knife attack

16 Oct 2025

ASCHAFFENBURG, Germany (Reuters) -The court hearing of an Afghan national accused of killing two people, including a toddler, during a knife attack in a city park began on Thursday, more than eight months after the incident that shocked the nation. Prosecutors allege the suspect, identified as Enamullah O. in line with German privacy laws, fatally …

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French PM Lecornu escapes first no confidence vote after major concessions

16 Oct 2025

PARIS (Reuters) -France’s government on Thursday survived a first vote of no confidence held in the National Assembly, after a pledge by Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to suspend a landmark reform of the pension system won him the support of some left-wing lawmakers. The motion, filed by the hard-left, was backed by 271 members of …

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