Bloomberg Italy’s bond-yield spread to Spanish securities climbed to the highest level in almost two years after the latest poll showed that the constitutional referendum, on which Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s political fate hangs, is too close to call. Italian 10-year government bonds declined, erasing last week’s gain, after a survey conducted by Ipsos PA for the newspaper Corriere …

  Beirut / AFP At least 21 Syrian rebels fighting alongside Turkish troops in northern Syria against the IS group were killed by landmines laid by the extremist group, a monitor said on Monday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the toll was the highest loss of life for forces involved in the Turkish-led operation in northern Syria since …

  Tripoli / AFP Forces loyal to Libya’s unity government said on Monday at least 80 extremists were killed at the weekend in the city of Sirte, a former stronghold of the IS group. “Commanders of front line units have counted at least corpses (of extremists) killed as they tried in vain to attack behind the lines” of the loyalists, …