Ceasefire halts Syria-Lebanon border fight against Islamic State
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese soldiers in Islamic State captivity since 2014 are almost certainly dead, a senior security official said on Sunday, just hours after the army announced a ceasefire to hold talks over their fate.
China promotes army general who fought Vietnam in 1979 border war
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military has promoted an army general who fought Vietnam in a brief border war in 1979, the Defence Ministry said, part of a broad reshuffle expected as part of this autumn’s Communist Party congress.
Britain to urge EU to show ‘imagination’ in Brexit talks
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will urge the European Union on Monday to show “imagination” in Brexit talks and help focus discussion on future ties rather than on a divorce settlement.
Majority of people in France now dissatisfied with Macron: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – Most French voters are now dissatisfied with Emmanuel Macron’s performance, a poll showed on Sunday, a dramatic decline for a president who basked in a landslide election victory less than four months ago.
UK opposition Labour to offer alternative soft Brexit in policy shift
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Britain’s main opposition Labour Party is announcing a policy shift which opens the possibility of the country remaining in the European Union’s single market and customs union for several years as part of a “soft” Brexit, a spoke…
Al Qaeda says senior commander in Somalia al Shabaab affiliate killed
CAIRO (Reuters) – A senior commander in al Shabaab, Somalia’s al Qaeda-affiliated Islamist rebels, was killed last month in a U.S. airstrike, the group said on Saturday in an online statement.
Swiss halt search for landslide victims as more rockfalls expected
BONDO, Switzerland (Reuters) – Swiss officials on Saturday called off a search for eight people missing since a huge landslide struck near the border with Italy, acknowledging they were likely to be buried under millions of tons of rock.
Houthis and Saleh forces clash in Sanaa, at least two dead
SANAA (Reuters) – At least two people were killed on Saturday when supporters of Yemen’s ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh clashed with Houthi fighters in Sanaa, marking unprecedented violence within the alliance fighting a Saudi-led coalition.
U.S. journalist among 19 killed in South Sudan fighting: rebels
NAIROBI (Reuters) – A United States citizen working in South Sudan as a freelance journalist was among 19 people killed on Saturday during fighting between government troops and rebels in Yei River state, the rebels and the military said.
Hundreds of thousands march in Barcelona to show unity after Islamist attacks
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands marched in Barcelona in a show of unity on Saturday evening amid chants of ‘I am not afraid’ after two Islamist militant attacks in the Spanish region of Catalonia last week left 15 dead.
