Feel free to breastfeed here, Pope tells mothers in Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis baptized 34 infants during a long ceremony in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday and told their mothers to feel free to breastfeed them there if they were hungry.
Syrian army presses offensive in last rebel stronghold of Idlib
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s army and its allies pressed further into the country’s largest remaining rebel stronghold on Sunday, capturing a town and several villages as they approached a military airport, a pro-Damascus media unit and a war monitor rep…
Blast injures two in Stockholm; police say no terrorism link
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Two people were injured in an explosion outside an underground station in southern Stockholm on Sunday, authorities said.
France remembers Charlie Hebdo victims three years after attacks
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron led a somber tribute on Sunday to the 17 victims of attacks in Paris three years ago that marked the first of a wave of deadly Islamist assaults in France.
Iran Guards say unrest fomented by foreign enemies defeated
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday the country’s people and security forces had defeated unrest fomented by foreign enemies, as parliament and security officials met to discuss the boldest challenge to the clerical establishmen…
Iranian oil tanker burns, 32 missing after collision off China’s coast
BEIJING (Reuters) – A tanker carrying Iranian oil and run by the country’s top oil shipping firm was ablaze and spewing cargo into the East China Sea on Sunday after colliding with a Chinese freight ship, leaving the tanker’s 32 crew members missing, t…
Britain’s May to change government ministers soon, senior figures reported to be safe
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday she would announce changes to her ministerial team soon, with media reports saying her foreign, finance, interior and Brexit ministers would keep their jobs in a reshuffle starting o…
Cornered Merkel upbeat as starts government talks with center-left
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she was optimistic her conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) could agree to join forces as they embarked on five days of talks about reviving the ‘grand coalition’ that has governed Germ…
South Africa’s parliament to review rules on removing president
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s parliament said on Sunday it would review its rules relating to removing the country’s president, after the constitutional court said on Dec. 29 that lawmakers had previously failed to hold President Jacob Zuma to account.
Iranian tanker burns, spills oil after collision off China’s coast
BEIJING (Reuters) – A tanker carrying Iranian oil and run by the country’s top oil shipping operator was ablaze and spewing its cargo into the East China Sea on Sunday after colliding with a Chinese bulk ship, the Chinese government said.
