Transport minister doesn’t think Britain will leave EU without a deal
LONDON (Reuters) – British transport minister Chris Grayling said on Sunday he didn’t think Britain would leave the European Union without a negotiated deal with the bloc.
North Korea not ready to hold talks with South Korea in Russia: agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Politicians from North and South Korea will not hold direct talks in Russia on Monday about Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile program despite attending the same event, Russian news agencies said on Sunday.
Local elections in Macedonia to test pro-Western policy
SKOPJE (Reuters) – Macedonians go to polls on Sunday to elect mayors and town officials in a test for the new government that has pledged to speed up the Balkan country’s accession to NATO and the European Union.
Afghan Taliban deny former hostage’s claims of murder, rape
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Taliban spokesman denied on Sunday accusations by a Canadian man that one of his children had been murdered and his wife raped while they were being held captive by militants who kidnapped them in Afghanistan in 2012.
China steps up war on poverty, though some still left behind
BEIJING (Reuters) – Wang Qin, 59, collects scrap at a demolished residential district on the outskirts of Beijing, working 15 hours a day and struggling on her own to pay for her granddaughter’s education.
Iran’s Soleimani arrives in Kurdish region for talks about crisis with Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani has arrived in Iraq’s Kurdistan region for talks about the escalating crisis between the Kurdish authorities and the Iraqi government following the Kurdish independence referendum, a Kurdish of…
Death toll from bomb attacks in Somalia’s capital rises to 85
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The death toll from two bomb attacks that tore through busy junctions in the heart of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has risen to 85, making it one of the deadliest attacks in the country since Islamist militants launched an insurgen…
Hundreds march in Sydney for asylum seekers ahead of PNG camp closure
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters marched through Sydney on Sunday to call for detainees, being held in controversial centers for asylum seekers on remote Pacific islands, to be allowed to stay in Australia as a resettlement deadline approaches…
Europe’s migration crisis casts shadow over Austrian election
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could see 31-year-old conservative Sebastian Kurz become chancellor on a pledge to take a hard line on refugees and prevent a repeat of Europe’s migration crisis.
Downcast Venezuela opposition seeks blow to Maduro through ballot box
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s political crisis shifts from barricades to the ballot box on Sunday with gubernatorial elections that could hand the demoralized opposition a major victory against President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
