Taking back control? Britain’s May to make high-stakes Brexit speech
LONDON (Reuters) – After months of Brexit talks that have made little progress and deepened rifts in her party, British Prime Minister Theresa May will try this week to put the negotiations on track and reassert her authority.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi condemns abuses in Rakhine but silent on army role
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday condemned rights violations in Rakhine state and said violators would be punished, but she did not address U.N. accusations of ethnic cleansing, drawing cool inter…
Sudan’s Bashir visits Darfur ahead of U.S. sanctions decision
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir visited the war-torn Darfur region on Tuesday in an effort to show his country is ready to have 20-year-old sanctions lifted by the United States just weeks before Washington is expected to issue a…
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi condemns abuses in Rakhine, but rights groups critical
NAYPYITAW (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned on Tuesday human rights violations in Rakhine state and said violators would be brought to book, but she did not address U.N. accusations of a campaign of ethnic cleansing by the military….
Helicopter mistakenly fires on parked vehicles in Russia war games: media
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A military helicopter on a rural training exercise in western Russia mistakenly fired rockets at a group of parked vehicles, knocking at least one person to the ground, footage posted by Russian news sites and on social media showed…
Manslaughter charges possible in London tower block fire disaster: police
LONDON (Reuters) – The criminal investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire that killed about 80 people in London in June could result in manslaughter charges, but any prosecutions could be months away due to the complexity of the forensic work, police …
Jihadists launch big attack on Syrian government near Hama
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Jihadists launched an offensive against government-held parts of northwestern Syria near Hama on Tuesday in their biggest attack there since March, triggering heavy air strikes on rebel territory, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rig…
Waving German flag, far-right and anti-Islam groups rally together before vote
DRESDEN, Germany (Reuters) – In the shadows of a Dresden church, hundreds of Alternative for Germany party members rallied with anti-Islam activists, counting down the days to a vote set to make the AfD the first far-right group in parliament in more t…
China, Singapore look to put difficulties behind them
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Singapore on Tuesday sought to put recent difficulties in their relationship over Taiwan and the disputed South China Sea behind them as Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong began a trip to Beijing.
Germany’s SPD narrows gap with Merkel’s conservatives – poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s center-left Social Democrats (SPD) slightly narrowed their gap with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in a poll published on Tuesday five days before a federal election.
