Libyan coastguard recovers bodies of two migrants, others missing
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s coastguard on Sunday recovered the bodies of two female migrants who perished trying to cross the Mediterranean and picked up at least 250 survivors from two boats east of Tripoli, officials said.
Russia meddling in Mexican election: White House aide McMaster
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Russian government has launched a sophisticated campaign to influence Mexico’s 2018 presidential election and stir up division, a senior White House official said in a video clip published by Mexican newspaper Reforma.
At least 23 killed in explosion in Syria’s Idlib: war monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An explosion in Syria’s northwestern city of Idlib killed at least 23 people and injured tens more, including civilians, a war monitor reported on Sunday.
Macedonia’s PM hopes for a solution to dispute with Greece by June
ATHENS (Reuters) – Macedonia’s prime minister said on Sunday that it could reach a solution with Athens to a decades-long dispute over the former Yugoslav republic’s name by June, a move that could unblock the country’s ambition to join the European Un…
Cornered Merkel upbeat as she seeks to revive grand coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she was optimistic her conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) could cut a deal as they began five days of talks about reviving the ‘grand coalition’ that has governed Germany since 2013.
Student killed, opposition leader detained as bread protests grip Sudan
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Protests over rising bread prices broke out across Sudan on Sunday, leading to the death of a student and the arrest of a prominent opposition leader as authorities confiscated newspapers and looked to clamp down on growing unrest….
At least 18 killed in explosion in Syria’s Idlib: war monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 18 people were killed and tens more injured, including civilians, in an explosion in Syria’s northwestern city of Idlib, a war monitor reported on Sunday.
Sudan bread protests spread, opposition leader detained
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Protests over rising bread prices broke out in Sudan’s capital and spread across cities to the south on Sunday, witnesses said, as authorities arrested a prominent opposition leader and confiscated newspapers in a drive to curb gro…
Friends of detained Reuters reporter pray for his release
YANGON (Reuters) – Friends of Reuters reporter Wa Lone gathered on Sunday at one of the main Buddhist pagodas in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon to pray for his release from prison, where he has been held with a colleague on suspicion of violating …
Yemeni party names new leader after Saleh killed
DUBAI (Reuters) – The party of former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh named a new leader on Sunday after he was killed last month by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement his one-time allies in the country’s civil war.
