NZ currency hits four-month low as government negotiations heat up
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The New Zealand currency sank to a four-month low on Monday after a final vote count in the country’s tight general election released over the weekend failed to identify a clear winner.
Merkel settles migrant row with allies to pursue coalition
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) reached a deal on migrant policy with her conservative Bavarian allies on Sunday, removing a major obstacle to pursuing talks on a coalition with other parties.
As Johnson Sirleaf exits, Liberians thankful for peace, excited about change
MONROVIA (Reuters) – After a dozen years of recovery under Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping bring peace after civil war turned her country into a wasteland, Liberians are hopeful about their first democratic power transf…
Israel strikes Hamas post after Gaza rocket fire
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Sunday it destroyed an outpost belonging to the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Sunday after Gaza militants fired a rocket toward Israel.
Brother of Marseille attacker arrested in Italy: police
ROME (Reuters) – Italian police said on Sunday they had arrested the brother of Anis Hannachi, the Tunisian man who killed two young women with a knife outside the Marseille train station a week ago in a suspected terrorist act.
Boat carrying asylum seekers from Myanmar capsizes off Bangladesh
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – At least two people have died after a boat carrying refugees fleeing Myanmar capsized on its way to Bangladesh on Sunday, local authorities told Reuters.
Switzerland demands release of Swiss woman abducted in Sudan
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland on Sunday called for the quick release of a Swiss woman reported abducted in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region where rebels have been fighting the government for more than a decade.
Venezuela leader thanks hostile Trump for making him ‘famous’
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro baited U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday by thanking him for a barrage of criticism that had made him famous worldwide.
Merkel, Bavaria allies agree on migrant policy: sources
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) have agreed on the divisive issue of a refugee cap with her conservative Bavarian allies, two conservative sources told Reuters, removing a hurdle to coalition talks with ot…
West edges towards punishing Myanmar army leaders over Rohingya crisis: sources
YANGON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The European Union and the United States are considering targeted sanctions against Myanmar military leaders over an offensive that has driven more than 500,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country, officials familiar with …
