South Africa’s ANC to hold meeting on Monday as pressure mounts on Zuma
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) will convene a special meeting of its decision-making executive on Monday, its spokesman said, amid mounting pressure on President Jacob Zuma to step down.
Myanmar says soldiers, police facing action over village killings
(Reuters) – Action will be taken against 10 members of Myanmar’s security forces in connection with the killing of captured Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, a government spokesman said on Sunday, adding it was not related to a Reuters report on the i…
Sri Lanka ex-leader-backed party set for landslide victory in local polls
COLOMBO (Reuters) – A political party backed by Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa looks set for a landslide victory in local polls, early results showed on Sunday, potentially undermining the country’s unity government and its reform agend…
Friend or foe? Assad quietly aids Syrian Kurds against Turkey
ALEPPO, Syria/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s U.S.-backed Kurds are getting indirect help from an unlikely source in their war against Turkey in the northwestern region of Afrin: President Bashar al-Assad.
May to set out ‘Road to Brexit’ in speech: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will make a speech on Brexit in the next three weeks, one of several planned addresses by senior ministers designed to set out the country’s path to leaving the European Union, British media reported on Sun…
Egyptian army says 16 militants killed in Sinai operation
CAIRO (Reuters) – Sixteen militants were killed and four arrested in a major security operation launched by Egypt on Friday, the Egyptian military said on Sunday, the first casualties in a campaign aimed at crushing insurgents behind a string of attack…
Knife-wielding attacker wounds four church-goers in Indonesia: police
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A knife-wielding attacker wounded four church-goers in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta on Sunday, officials said, before being shot by police who could not yet confirm if it was a terror-related incident.
Games organizers confirm cyber attack, won’t reveal source
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (Reuters) – Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organizers confirmed on Sunday that the Games had fallen victim to a cyber attack during Friday’s opening ceremony, but they refused to reveal the source.
Iranian-Canadian environmental activist dies in prison, his son says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Iranian-Canadian dual citizen and environmental activist imprisoned by Iranian authorities last month has died in prison, his son wrote on Twitter on Saturday.
Merkel dodges question on Poland’s new Holocaust law
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel declined to comment on Saturday on a Polish law that imposes jail terms for suggesting the country was complicit in the Holocaust, saying she did not want to wade into Poland’s internal affairs.
