One dead after attackers slit throats of worshippers at South Africa mosque
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – One person was killed at a mosque near Durban in South Africa when three people armed with guns and knives attacked worshippers, slitting the throats of three people before fleeing, an emergency service official said on Thursda…
Trump heralds capture of five Islamic State commanders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that five “most wanted” leaders of the Islamic State militant group had been captured, an apparent reference to the capture of five commanders of the militant group by Iraq.
UK parliamentary committee summons former Cambridge Analytica boss
LONDON (Reuters) – A British parliamentary committee said on Thursday it had summoned the former chief executive of Cambridge Analytica and a director of the official Brexit campaign group to appear before lawmakers.
Trump says will meet with North Korea’s Kim on June 12 in Singapore
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore.
Armenia’s security service, police chiefs sacked at new PM’s request
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenian President Armen Sarkissian dismissed the heads of the security service and police at the request of newly elected Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the presidential press service said on Thursday.
Mahathir, 92, sworn in as Malaysia’s seventh prime minister
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Mahathir Mohamad was sworn in as Malaysia’s seventh prime minister on Thursday following his stunning election victory over the coalition that has ruled the Southeast Asian nation for six decades since independence from Britain…
EU must give up ‘nightmares’ of United States of Europe: Hungarian PM
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The European Union should give up the “delusional nightmares” of a United States of Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday in pledging to defend his nation’s Christian values and fight EU migrant settlement …
Church and religion take back seat as a secular Ireland votes on abortion
NENAGH/CORK, Ireland (Reuters) – Three decades after Ireland introduced one of the world’s only constitutional bans on abortion, the Church that was so pivotal in securing the law’s passage finds itself a minor player in the now mainly secular battle t…
Hungarian parliament elects Viktor Orban prime minister
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s new parliament reelected Viktor Orban as prime minister for a third straight term on Thursday after a landslide election victory last month gave his Fidesz party a two-thirds majority in the legislature.
Mahathir to be sworn in as Malaysia’s seventh Prime Minister
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Mahathir Mohamad will be sworn in as Malaysia’s seventh prime minister on Thursday, palace officials said, following his shock election victory over the coalition that has ruled the Southeast Asian nation for six decades since …
