Nigeria releases first photo of ailing president in almost 80 days
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria released a photograph of President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, the first in almost three months after he left the country on May 7 for medical leave in Britain.
Cuba’s top U.S. negotiator named to new post
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has reassigned the woman who led two years of intense negotiation with the United States under the detente worked out by former U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro, state media said on Sunday.
‘I just want to go home’, says German girl who joined IS: media
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German teenager who joined Islamic State is now being held in detention in Iraq and says she regrets joining the jihadist group and just wants to come home to her family, media reported on Sunday.
One Jordanian killed, one Israeli wounded at Israeli embassy in Jordan: police
AMMAN (Reuters) – One Jordanian was killed and two people were wounded, including an Israeli, in a shooting incident on Sunday in a building within the Israeli embassy complex in Jordan’s capital Amman, a police statement said.
Venezuela congress going ahead despite ‘imperial’ threat: Maduro
CARACAS (Reuters) – Defying pressure from abroad and at home, Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday that a controversial election would go ahead next weekend for a new congress his foes fear will institutionalize dictatorship.
Two Jordanians die in shooting at Israeli embassy in Amman: security source
AMMAN (Reuters) – Two Jordanians died from wounds inflicted during a shooting on Sunday in the compound of the heavily-guarded Israeli embassy that also wounded an Israeli, police and a security source said.
Jihadist group cements control of Syria’s Idlib province: rebels
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian jihadists linked to a former al Qaeda affiliate consolidated their grip over large parts of the northwestern province of Idlib on Sunday after their main rival evacuated a major border crossing with Turkey, rebels and residents…
Turkish police detain 61 protesters in Ankara
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 61 protesters in the capital Ankara on Sunday demonstrating in support of two teachers jailed two months ago for going on hunger strike, private broadcaster CNN Turk reported.
Mexico ruling party well behind upstart leftist in voter poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s ruling party is running in third place with less than a year to go before the next presidential election, well behind the new party of leftist hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, an opinion poll showed on Sunday.
Trump open to signing Russia sanctions legislation: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump was open to signing legislation toughening sanctions on Russia after Senate and House leaders reached agreement on a bill late last week.
