France discusses fate of detained journalist, Syria with Turkey’s Erdogan
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron spoke on Sunday with Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan about efforts to free a French journalist detained in the country, and the two leaders also discussed the Syrian crisis.
In first trip, new USAID chief visits Sudan as sanctions deadline nears
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s new aid chief, Mark Green, kicked off an African tour in Sudan on Sunday, where he will assess whether Khartoum has done enough to get help into conflict areas to deserve eased sanctions.
Canadian pastor escaped execution due to foreign citizenship: CBC
TORONTO (Reuters) – A Canadian pastor whom North Korea released this month after two years of imprisonment escaped execution and torture during his captivity because of his nationality, he told CBC News in his first interview since his return.
Lebanese soldiers in Islamic State captivity most likely dead
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Eight Lebanese soldiers who have been in Islamic State captivity since 2014 are almost certainly dead, the head of Lebanon’s internal security agency said on Sunday.
Finnish police identity knife attack suspect who gave false name
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish police said on Sunday the Moroccan asylum seeker who has admitted killing two women in a knife attack last week has been identified after he gave officials a false name when he entered the country in 2016.
Tillerson says U.S. will keep up ‘peaceful pressure’ on North Korea
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday the firing of three ballistic missiles by North Korea this week was a provocative act but that the United States will continue to seek a peaceful resolution.
U.N.’s Guterres sees no pressure from Yemen coalition on child rights report
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Nations faces “no pressure” from a Saudi-led coalition over a draft U.N. report on child deaths in Yemen, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday, amid rising concern over civilian casualties from the alliance’s a…
After deadly protests, Indian states in lockdown for ‘godman’s’ rape sentencing
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is deploying thousands of riot police and shutting down internet services in two northern states, as it prepares for the sentencing on Monday of a self-styled ‘godman’ whose followers went on the rampage after he was convict…
German woman dies from injuries 10 days after Barcelona attack
BARCELONA (Reuters) – A 51-year-old German woman died on Sunday 10 days after she was injured in a militant van attack in Barcelona, authorities said, bringing the total death toll from this month’s twin assaults in Spain to 16.
Merkel has no regrets over refugee policy despite political cost
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she has no regrets about her 2015 decision to open the country’s borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees and added she will not be deterred from campaigning by angry hecklers.
