Building collapse kills at least three in Kenyan capital
NAIROBI (Reuters) – At least three people were killed after a five-story building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in the early hours of Sunday, officials said.
New Spanish PM seeks government without hard-left Podemos
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s new Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, propelled to power by an unlikely alliance of rival parties, on Sunday worked on putting together a minority government which a close aide said would not include ministers from the hard-left …
At least 11 migrants dead after boat sinks off Tunisian coast
TUNIS – At least 11 migrants were killed when their boat sank off Tunisia’s southern coast and 67 others were rescued by the coast guard, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
Britain says militant Islamist threat to stay high and may rise further
LONDON (Reuters) – The threat posed by Islamist militants to Britain is expected to remain high for the next two years and could even rise, the interior ministry said on Sunday, on the first anniversary of an attack that killed eight people in central …
Nearly half Afghan children out of school, number rising for first time in years
KABUL (Reuters) – Nearly half all children in Afghanistan are out of school due to conflict, poverty, child marriage and discrimination against girls, the number rising for the first time since 2002, humanitarian organizations said in a report on Sunda…
Syria’s Assad says will visit North Korea, news agency reports
SEOUL (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he plans to visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korean state media reported on Sunday, potentially the first meeting between Kim and another head of state in Pyongyang.
Indonesian police raid university over suspected plot to attack assemblies
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian anti-terrorism police have detained a former student and are questioning two others after a raid on a university campus in Pekanbaru, on Sumatra island, where crude bombs and other explosive material were seized, police s…
Britain will have Brexit policies ready for June EU summit: minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will have a good set of proposals on Brexit policy ready for a meeting of European Union leaders this month, interior minister Sajid Javid said on Sunday, adding that he expected a positive response from Brussels.
With ports, ships and promises, India asserts role in Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Almost lost in the din of the upcoming U.S-North Korea summit and fresh tension between Washington and Beijing last week, India cemented its diplomatic and security ties across Southeast Asia in a clear challenge to China.
Voting begins in Slovenia; anti-immigrant party tipped to win
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – The head of the anti-immigrant party widely tipped to win national elections in Slovenia on Sunday said forming a government would not be easy, as he cast his ballot in a town in the country’s east.
