Singapore PM says wants to avoid taking family feud to court
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday he wanted to avoid suing his brother and sister for defamation over allegations that he had abused his power in a dispute with them over what to do with their late father’s…
Trump, Abe confirm will increase pressure on North Korea: Japan government
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe confirmed in phone talks that they would step up pressure on North Korea in cooperation with South Korea, a Japanese government spokesman said on Monday.
Chile’s Pinera cruising to primary win, solidifying front-runner status
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Former Chile President Sebastian Pinera was cruising to victory on Sunday in the presidential nominating election for Chile’s right-leaning Alianza bloc, consolidating his place as the frontrunner for November’s general election.
Eight wounded in shooting near French mosque: source
MARSEILLE (Reuters) – Eight people were wounded in a shooting in front of a mosque in the southern French city of Avignon in an incident police consider to be a settling of scores rather than a militant attack, a source close to the investigation said …
Colombian FARC leader Timochenko recovering from stroke
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono, known by his nom de guerre Timochenko, was hospitalized after suffering a stroke and is expected to recover, doctors said on Sunday.
Britain says will move to control EU fishing in its waters
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will withdraw from an agreement that allows some other European countries to fish between six and 12 miles from its coast in a move to “take back control” of fishing policy, Environment Secretary Michael Gove said on Sunday.
No regional peace without Pakistan, U.S. senator McCain says in visit
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain said on Sunday there could be “no peace” in Afghanistan or the rest of the region without Pakistan’s cooperation, as he visited Islamabad ahead of a review from the United States of its Afghan war strategy…
Sudan extends ceasefire ahead of expected lifting of U.S. trade embargo
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan will extend a unilateral ceasefire with rebels until the end of October, a decree by President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Sunday, two weeks before the United States plans to lift a 20-year-old trade embargo against Sudan.
German conservatives to promise full employment in party platform
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives will promise to all but eliminate unemployment in Germany by the year 2025 when they announce their 2017 election campaign platform on Monday.
Spanish Civil War victim’s 91-year-old daughter finally buries her father
MADRID (Reuters) – On the cusp of her 92nd birthday and after decades of waiting and uncertainty, Ascensión Mendieta, daughter of a victim of political violence killed almost 80 years previously, finally buried her father on a bright Sunday morning in Madrid. Hundreds of mourners turned out to attend the non-religious ceremony in Madrid for Timoteo Mendieta, a trade unionist shot in the months following the Spanish Civil War and buried in a mass grave in a Guadalajara cemetery.
