Spain urges Catalonia secessionists to obey Madrid
BARCELONA (Reuters) – The Spanish government has urged Catalans to accept Madrid’s decision to dismiss their secessionist leadership and to take control of the restive region, as the nation’s biggest political crisis in decades enters a decisive week.
Austria’s likely next chancellor hopes to form govt. in 60 days: paper
ZURICH (Reuters) – Austria’s likely next chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, wants talks over a new government to last no more than two months, he said in a newspaper interview published in Sunday.
Italians vote in autonomy referendums in shadow of Catalonia crisis
MILAN (Reuters) – Two wealthy regions of northern Italy began voting on Sunday in referendums for autonomy, ballots that could fan regional tensions in Europe at a time when neighboring Spain is striving to prevent Catalonia from breaking away.
Indonesia to demand answers after military chief denied U.S. entry
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia intends to send a diplomatic note to the U.S. secretary of state and summon Washington’s deputy ambassador in Jakarta to explain why the head of its military was denied entry to the United States, an Indonesian official sa…
Roadside bomb kills seven outside Somali capital Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed at least seven people on Sunday – mostly women farmers – in an area outside the Somali capital dominated by Islamist insurgents who have defied public protests to end years of violence, residents and the arm…
Exclusive: Returning Rohingya may lose land, crops under Myanmar plans
SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) – Rohingya Muslims who return to Myanmar after fleeing to Bangladesh are unlikely to be able to reclaim their land, and may find their crops have been harvested and sold by the government, according to officials and plans seen…
Putin critic Navalny released after 20-day detention
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on social media on Sunday he had been released from detention after spending around three weeks in jail.
Fierce firefight as Philippines’ toughest urban war down to last building
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Philippine troops were locked in an intense urban firefight on Sunday with the last remnants of a pro-Islamic state alliance, as the army sought to declare an end to the country’s biggest internal security crisis in…
U.S.-backed militias seize key oil field in east Syria: SDF
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-backed militias said they captured Syria’s largest oil field on Sunday, pressing their assault against Islamic State in the east of the country.
Death toll from Malaysia construction site landslide at 11
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Eleven foreign workers were killed in a landslide at a construction site in northwest Malaysia on Saturday, authorities said.
