In Gaza, family lights candles to mourn son on his 14th birthday
GAZA(Reuters) – Monday should have been Hussein Madi’s 14th birthday. Instead, his family sat mourning him in a tent in Gaza.
Brazil top court justice asked to issue injunction to free Lula
BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian association of criminal lawyers requested on Monday that a Supreme Court justice issue an injunction that would free former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who began serving a 12-year sentence for bribery over the …
Trump says to make fast decision after suspected Syrian chemical attack
WASHINGTON/AMMAN (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday condemned a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town in Syria that killed dozens of people and said he would decide on a response probably by the end of the day.
Yulia Skripal to seek political asylum: RIA citing cousin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned along with her father, ex-spy Sergei Skripal, in Britain, is to seek political asylum, Russia’s RIA news agency reported on Monday, citing a relative.
After ‘no hell’ report, Pope gives the devil his due
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has put Satan in his place, citing the devil repeatedly in a document published on Monday following a Vatican rebuke last month of a journalist who quoted him as saying hell does not exist.
Facing tough fight in mountains, Saudi-led alliance focuses on Yemen’s coast
AL-MOKHA, Yemen (Reuters) – High-tech radar units stretch along the quay of this tiny Yemeni port and underwater fortifications have been built to block attacks from unmanned boats packed with explosives.
Jailed Sanchez gets second bid for Catalan presidency after U.N. rights boost
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia’s parliament made a second attempt on Monday to put forward as the region’s new leader a pro-independence politician awaiting trial on charges of rebellion, after a U.N. rights group said he should be allowed to run for off…
Syria, Russia accuse Israel over air strike, deny chemical attack
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria and its main ally Russia blamed Israel for carrying out an attack on a Syrian air base near Homs on Monday which followed reports of a poison gas attack by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces on a rebel-held town.
Azerbaijan’s Aliyev on track for seven more years in power
BAKU (Reuters) – Azerbaijan’s long-serving Ilham Aliyev is expected to easily win re-election for seven more years on Wednesday in a vote boycotted by major opposition parties which accuse him of authoritarian rule and suppressing political dissent.
Cycling in Jeddah: Saudi women embrace change
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – When Amirah al-Turkistani left Boston in 2015 after earning a graduate degree, friends mocked her decision to ship her beloved pistachio-colored bicycle back home to Saudi Arabia.
