Italy’s right united in attempt to form government, name prime minister
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s three main rightist parties on Sunday vowed to present a united front in a fresh round of talks on forming a new government next week, defying attempts by the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement to divide them in coalition nego…
Vote count begins in Hungary’s election as Orban fights to retain power
BUDAPEST, Hungary (Reuters) – Most polling stations closed and the vote count began in Hungary’s election on Sunday, after a very high turnout that could threaten Viktor Orban’s parliamentary majority.
Jaish al-Islam to leave Douma in return for releasing prisoners
MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) – An agreement has been reached to release all prisoners held by Syrian rebels controlling the eastern Ghouta city of Douma in return for the fighters’ leaving the city, Syrian state television reported on Sunday, citing an offi…
Brazil’s Lula spends first night in jail amid fight for freedom
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent his first night in jail on a corruption conviction on Sunday as his allies hoped future protests and court decisions would free him.
International Criminal Court prosecutor calls for end to violence in Gaza
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Sunday called for an end to violence in the Gaza Strip, adding the Palestinian territories were subject to a preliminary examination by her office and she was monitoring events…
German police foil Berlin half-marathon attacks – newspaper website
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police have detained four men, one of whom they suspect of planning knife attacks at Sunday’s Berlin half-marathon, the newspaper Die Welt reported in its online edition.
Trump says ‘big price to pay’ for Syria chemical attack
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Sunday there would be a “big price to pay” after aid groups said dozens of people were killed by poison gas in a besieged rebel-held town in Syria, an attack the opposition blamed on S…
Grieving Canadian town to hold vigil for victims of deadly bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (Reuters) – A small farming town in Canada’s Saskatchewan province will hold a vigil Sunday evening to pray for the survivors of a bus crash which killed 15 people and left 14 others in hospital, some in critical condition.
French train strikes resume as unions square off with Macron
PARIS (Reuters) – Travelers grappled with another crippling wave of transport strikes in France on Sunday, as train workers protested President Emmanuel Macron’s economic reforms and a stand-off between the government and rail unions hardened.
Israelis on Gaza border unmoved by Palestinian protests
NAHAL OZ, Israel (Reuters) – Hardened by years of rocket attacks from next-door Gaza, residents of this frontline Israeli village seemed unmoved on Sunday by Palestinians’ mass demonstrations at the border and Israel’s deadly response to them.
