Merkel’s conservatives widen lead three months before German vote
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives widened their lead over the Social Democrats (SPD) to 15 points in a weekly opinion poll by the Emnid institute published on Sunday, three months before the Sept. 24 election.
Car bomb in Syria’s Idlib province kills 10: war monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A car bomb killed 10 people in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, reported on Sunday.
Brexit commission needed to draw poison from debate: Archbishop
LONDON (Reuters) – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, called on Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday to set up a cross-party commission to “draw much of the poison” from the debate over Britain’s decision to exit the European Union.
Muslims in Asia pray for peace as Ramadan holy month ends
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Muslims in Asia celebrated the Eid-al-Fitr religious holiday on Sunday with prayers for peace as they marked the end of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan.
Australian police use pepper spray to stop clashes at anti-immigration rally
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police fired pepper spray to break up clashes between right-wing nationalists and anti-racism protesters on the streets of Melbourne on Sunday, the latest protest held by anti-immigration groups in the country.
Criminal gangs kill 11 in Mexico’s Veracruz state
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Eleven people were killed in Mexico’s Veracruz state by criminal gangs on Saturday, including four children and the head of the state’s federal police and two other federal police officers, Governor Miguel Angel Yunes said.
More blood but no victory as Philippine drug war marks its first year
MANILA (Reuters) – Launched a year ago, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drugs has resulted in thousands of deaths, yet the street price of crystal methamphetamine in Manila has fallen and surveys show Filipinos are as anxious as e…
Turkey’s Erdogan says Arab demands on Qatar unlawful
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday dismissed calls for Turkey to close a military base in Qatar and said a wider list of demands issued by four Arab states was an unlawful intervention against the Gulf state’s sovereignty.
Burn victims overwhelm Pakistani hospitals after tanker fire kills 146
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Pakistani hospitals on Monday struggled to treat scores of severely burned victims of a fuel tanker explosion that killed at least 146 people, as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif flew back from an overseas trip to visit the inju…
China urges Afghans, Pakistan to form crisis-management mechanism
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – China’s foreign minister has urged leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan to improve relations and establish a crisis prevention and management mechanism during visits to both countries, the Chinese foreign ministry said.
