Erdogan’s ‘crazy’ canal alarms villagers and environmentalists
SAZLIBOSNA, Turkey (Reuters) – When residents of Sazlibosna, a village near Istanbul, tried to attend a public meeting about the Turkish government’s plan to dig a 400 metre-wide canal through their farmlands, they were stopped by police.
Iraq PM Abadi appears ahead in poll, Sadr strong: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s list appears to be leading in Iraq’s parliamentary election, followed by influential Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s alliance, an election commission source and a security official told Reuters on S…
Mahathir, Anwar step in as tensions flare within Malaysia’s ruling alliance
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim tried to ease a rift within the ruling alliance on Sunday after differences erupted between their supporters over cabinet positions.
Rouhani says Iran may remain part of nuclear accord
DUBAI (Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Iran would remain committed to the 2015 nuclear deal if its interests were protected, while his foreign minister hoped the pact could be redesigned without Washington as a member.
Multiple blasts hit Afghan city, gunbattle underway: officials
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A gunbattle raged between Afghan security forces and a handful of militants following a series of explosions in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday that killed at least four people and wounded at least 20, officia…
PM Abadi leading Iraq election, Sadr strong: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s list appears to be leading in Iraq’s parliamentary election followed by influential Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s alliance, an election commission source and a security official told Reuters.
Suspected IS-inspired suicide bombers attack Indonesian churches, at least 11 dead
SURABAYA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Suicide bombers suspected to be from an Islamic State-inspired group killed at least 11 people and wounded 40 in attacks on Christians attending Sunday morning services at three churches in Indonesia’s second-largest ci…
Paris knife attacker was French citizen born in Chechnya: sources
PARIS (Reuters) – A knife attacker who killed a 29-year-old man in Paris on Saturday night was a French citizen born in Russia’s Chechnya region in 1997, judicial sources said on Sunday.
Lebanon’s Hariri replaces chief of staff after election setback
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has replaced his chief of staff after his Future Party lost more than a third of its seats in parliamentary elections a week ago.
Father speaks out after Australia’s worst mass shooting for decades
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The father of four murdered children spoke out on Sunday as details emerged of the mass shooting that killed three generations of the same family on a farm in the Margaret River wine-growing region in the country’s rural south west.
