Papua New Guinea PM wins seat in general election as votes are tallied
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The prime minister of Papua New Guinea (PNG), Peter O’Neill, has won a fourth term in Parliament, but the South Pacific nation is still no clearer on who will lead it through a period of economic uncertainty.
Venezuela opposition votes against Maduro, woman shot dead
CARACAS (Reuters) – Gunmen in Venezuela shot into a crowd of voters on Sunday, activists said, killing one woman and wounding three others during an unofficial referendum organized by the opposition to push for an end to two decades of socialist rule.
Israeli forces kill suspected Palestinian gunman in West Bank raid
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed a suspected Palestinian militant they were seeking to arrest after he shot at them in the occupied West Bank, police and the military said.
Australian foreign minister criticizes Trump’s remark to French first lady
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Sunday criticized comments by U.S. President Donald Trump on French first lady Brigitte Macron’s appearance.
Trump may reverse decision on climate accord, France’s Macron says: JDD
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said he was hopeful that U.S. President Donald Trump would reverse his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, according to weekly newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche (JDD) on …
France’s Macron says defense chief has no choice but to agree with him: JDD
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Eight killed in stampede in Senegal
DAKAR (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed on Saturday in a stampede in a soccer stadium in the Senegalese capital Dakar during a match between two local teams, the sports minister said.
Police say boy charged with 15 offences after London acid attacks
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Saturday they had charged a 16-year-old boy with 15 offences following five related acid attacks in London two days earlier.
Maryam Mirzakhani, award-winning mathematician, dies at 40
(Reuters) – Maryam Mirzakhani, the first and only woman to receive the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for mathematics, died on Saturday at age 40 after a battle with cancer, said officials at Stanford University, the California school where she taught.
Gunmen attack Congo wildlife reserve, U.S. journalist, three guards missing
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Armed men attacked a group of journalists and park rangers in a remote east Congo wildlife reserve overnight into Saturday, and an American journalist and three guards were missing, a local official said.
