Trump to lay out U.S. strategy for Afghanistan on Monday night
BRIDGEWATER, N.J./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will lay out his long-awaited U.S. strategy for the war in Afghanistan in a prime-time television address to the American people on Monday night, the White House said on Sunday, with a mod…
Some 115 migrants rescued from truck in eastern Mexico – official
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Police in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz have rescued 115 migrants, including 41 minors, traveling in “in deplorable conditions” in a truck, a state official said on Sunday.
Nearly 500 dead pulled from Sierra Leone mudslide: coroner
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Rescue workers have unearthed 499 dead bodies since last week’s devastating landslide near the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, the city’s chief coroner told Reuters on Sunday.
Former Iranian president asks Supreme Leader to end house arrests
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami has called on Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to end the house arrest of opposition leaders, Khatami’s website reported Sunday, the first such public call by a senior political figure
Israeli opposition says Abbas tried to resume security ties with Israel
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Israeli opposition lawmakers on Sunday that he had proposed rolling back his month-old suspension of security coordination with Israel, but that it did not respond to the overture, the dele…
Swiss couple found murdered in Kenya’s Mombasa city
MOMBASA (Reuters) – The bodies of a Swiss couple were found dumped by a country road in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa with severe injuries on Sunday, police said, and the caretaker of a property where they had been due to stay was being sought for qu…
Vietnam’s president calls for tougher internet controls
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s president called on Sunday for tougher controls on the internet in the face of dissidents who are using it to criticize the ruling Communist Party, and to combat threats to cybersecurity.
Russian court rejects Siemens’ plea to seize its turbines in Crimea
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Moscow court has rejected a request by Siemens to seize its gas turbines, which have turned up in Crimea contrary to EU sanctions, and to ban their installation ahead of preliminary hearings next month, the court’s ruling showed on…
Merkel attacks Turkey’s ‘misuse’ of Interpol warrants
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Turkey’s use of an Interpol arrest warrant to detain a German writer in Spain, telling an election town hall event on Sunday that this amounted to abuse of the international police agency.
Three Lebanese soldiers killed in landmine on Syria border: security source
AMMAN (Reuters) – Three Lebanese soldiers were killed and one was critically wounded on Sunday when their armored vehicle hit a landmine on the Lebanese-Syrian border, a security source said.
