Italy’s Berlusconi says center-right agrees pact on next PM candidate
ROME (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday he and the leader of the Northern League had agreed a pact to choose the candidate to head an eventual center-right governing coalition, a newspaper reported.
London art auction raises $2.5 million for survivors of deadly Grenfell Tower blaze
LONDON (Reuters) – An auction of 31 artworks donated by some of Britain’s most successful contemporary artists has raised close to 2 million pounds for survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire that killed about 80 people in June.
U.S.-backed militias say they take major Raqqa position from ISIS
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has taken the National Hospital in Raqqa, one of Islamic State’s last remaining bastions in its former Syrian capital, a militia spokesman said on Tuesday.
At least eight killed in suicide attack on provincial Afghan police HQ: officials
KABUL (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked a provincial Afghan police headquarters on Tuesday, killing at least six people and wounding 30, officials said.
Suspected U.S. drone strike kills five on Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier
PARACHINAR/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A suspected U.S. drone strike killed five people on the mountainous Pakistan-Afghanistan border, government and militant sources said on Tuesday, days after a Canadian-American couple held hostage by the Taliba…
Philippine president declares Marawi City liberated from militants
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday declared Marawi City liberated from pro-Islamic State militants who have held the heart of the city for 148 days, media and a government minister said.
Iraqi-backed Yazidi group takes over Sinjar after Kurdish pullout: residents
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi Yazidi group affiliated with Iraq’s Shi’ite-led Popular Mobilisation took full control on Tuesday of the Yazidi city of Sinjar, in the north west of the country, residents told Reuters.
Suicide bomber, gunmen attack police HQ in Afghan province: officials
KABUL (Reuters) – At least one suicide car bomber and a number of gunmen attacked a provincial police headquarters in Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
Turkey’s military says two Turkish soldiers killed in blast in northern Iraq
ANKARA (Reuters) – Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded late on Monday in northern Iraq in a blast caused by an improvised explosive device planted by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants, the armed forces said on Tuesday.
Kenya’s deputy president says ok if election board meets opposition demands
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto said on Tuesday there would be no problem if the election board agrees to meet a raft of demands made by the opposition ahead of a repeat presidential vote on Oct. 26.
