Israel and Poland clash over proposed Holocaust law
JERUSALEM/WARSAW (Reuters) – Israel’s prime minister and Holocaust survivors on Sunday bridled at a draft Polish law that would make it illegal to suggest Poland bore any responsibility for Nazi atrocities committed on its soil.
Trump casts pall on inauguration of U.S. statue of Marti in Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – U.S. supporters of improved relations with Cuba joined the top leadership of the Caribbean country on Sunday to inaugurate a replica of a New York statue of its independence hero Jose Marti.
Approval rating falls for Peru’s Kuczynski on Fujimori pardon: poll
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s approval rating has fallen to 19 percent since he granted a pardon to authoritarian former President Alberto Fujimori, a decision that has deeply divided the South American country, a poll sho…
Malaysia criticizes opposition party meeting with EU ambassadors
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has criticized the federal opposition alliance’s meeting with senior EU ambassadors last week and its call for foreign intervention in the forthcoming general election.
China declares intention to improve ties with Japan
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes to work with Japan to establish more cordial relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Japanese counterpart on Sunday, aiming to move on from a series of disputes, some dating back to before World War Two.
British minister calls for unity after latest Brexit skirmishes
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Cabinet Office minister David Lidington urged his party to unite to heal growing rifts over how to leave the European Union that could threaten the prime minister’s fragile grip on the leadership.
Danish lawmakers agree to hike military spending, citing Russia threat
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish lawmakers on Sunday agreed to allocate an additional 12.8 billion crowns ($2.14 billion) to military spending over the next six years, citing Russia as one of the major threats to its security.
Erdogan says Turkey will clean entire Syrian border of terrorists
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will clean its entire border with Syria of terrorists, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, in a sign that a nine-day-old Turkish offensive into northern Syria’s Afrin region could be extended further.
Shock gives way to despair in Kabul after ambulance bomb
KABUL (Reuters) – Kabul was in despair on Sunday, a day after a Taliban suicide bomber killed more than 100 people and wounded at least 235 in the worst attack in the Afghan capital in months.
Italy’s Renzi packs PD lists with close allies, faces party backlash
ROME (Reuters) – Former prime minister Matteo Renzi triggered uproar in his center-left Democratic Party (PD) at the weekend by packing the group’s electoral list with close allies and shutting the door on internal rivals.
