Kurds stick with independence vote, ‘never going back to Baghdad’: Barzani
ERBIL, Iraq/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Iraq’s Kurds will go ahead with a referendum on independence on Monday because their partnership with Baghdad has failed, Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani said on Sunday, shrugging off internation…
Swiss voters reject raising women’s retirement age
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss voters rejected raising women’s retirement age to 65 in a referendum on Sunday on shoring up the wealthy nation’s pension system as a wave of Baby Boomers stops working.
Catalan separatists take to the streets ahead of referendum
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Demonstrators calling for Catalan independence gathered in hundreds of towns across the region on Sunday following Madrid’s actions last week to try to block a referendum on self rule that it considers illegal.
U.S. allied Syrian groups form civilian council to run Deir al-Zor
Deir al Zor, SYRIA (Reuters) – U.S.-allied militias in northern Syria announced on Saturday the formation of a civilian council to govern the oil rich eastern province of Deir al Zor where they are racing with the Syrian army to capture territory held …
Iran halts flights to Iraq’s Kurdish region in retaliation for independence vote
DUBAI/ISTANBUL/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iran halted flights to and from Kurdish regions in northern Iraq on Sunday in retaliation to a plan by the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to hold a referendum on independence. It also started warga…
Three U.N. soldiers killed in northern Mali explosion: peacekeeping mission
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Three United Nations soldiers were killed and five others were seriously wounded by an explosive device that detonated as they were escorting a convoy in Mali, the West African nation’s peacekeeping mission said on Sunday.
Car bomber hits NATO convoy in Afghanistan, civilians wounded
KABUL (Reuters) – A car bomber attacked a Danish convoy belonging to the NATO-led military mission in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday, wounding a number of civilians but leaving international forces unharmed, security officials said.
Swiss voters reject raising women’s retirement age: TV
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss voters were set to reject raising women’s retirement age to 65 in a referendum on shoring up the wealthy nation’s pension system as a wave of Baby Boomers stops working, projections by broadcaster SRF showed on Sunday.
Iran launches war games near Iraqi Kurdistan border, Turkey hits militant positions
DUBAI/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Iranian forces have launched war games in an area near the border with Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Iran’s state media reported on Sunday, a day before a Kurdish independence referendum in the region.
Weakened dam the latest threat as Puerto Rico reels from hurricane
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – A Puerto Rico dam damaged by heavy rains from Hurricane Maria was in danger of failing on Sunday, posing a risk to communities downstream, as people across the U.S. territory sought to dig out from the deadly storm.
