Philippines’ Duterte to seek one-year extension of Mindanao martial law
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will ask Congress to extend martial law in the volatile southern island of Mindanao to quell an insurgency, cabinet officials said on Sunday.
After Brexit, UK aims for trade deal with EU that tops Canada pact
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is aiming to secure a comprehensive free trade deal with the European Union and wants it to be signed shortly after it leaves the bloc in 2019, Brexit minister David Davis said on Sunday.
Yazidis caught in ‘political football’ between Baghdad, Iraqi Kurds
SINJAR, Iraq (Reuters) – Since Iraqi forces pushed the Kurds out of the Yazidis’ mountainous heartland of Sinjar in northern Iraq in October, residents are wondering what could happen to them next.
Anti-Trump protests wane in Jerusalem, West Bank; flare in Beirut
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian protests waned in the occupied West Bank and in the Gaza Strip on Sunday while violence flared near the U.S. embassy in Beirut over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Pope prays for nuclear disarmament
MILAN (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday called on world leaders to work in favor of nuclear disarmament to protect human rights, particularly those of weaker and underprivileged people.
UK’s Johnson meets Iran president as he lobbies for jailed aid worker
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson held almost an hour of talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday after flying to Tehran to seek the release of a jailed British-Iranian aid worker.
Nobel peace laureate group urges nuclear powers to adopt ban-the-bomb treaty
OSLO (Reuters) – The leader of the group that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday urged nuclear nations to adopt a United Nations treaty banning atomic weapons in order to prevent “the end of us”.
Yemen’s Saleh buried in Sanaa with handful of relatives present: sources
DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi group has buried the body of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, allowing only a handful of relatives to attend, sources from his General People’s Congress (GPC) party said on Sunday.
Three arrested after attempted arson attack at Swedish synagogue
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Three people were arrested early on Sunday after an attempted arson attack at a synagogue in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, a spokeswoman for the Swedish Prosecution Authority said.
Syrian government returns to Geneva talks, Western envoys skeptical
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Syrian government’s delegation returned to Geneva on Sunday for the resumption of talks with United Nations mediator Staffan de Mistura after more than a week’s absence, but Western diplomats voiced scepticism about its willingne…
