Police questioned suspect in Marseille knife killings prior to attack
PARIS (Reuters) – A man suspected of carrying out a knife attack in the French city of Marseille, in which two women were stabbed to death, had been arrested and then released by police the day before the incident, the Paris public prosecutor said on M…
Hard choices for Syrian industrialists in ruins of Aleppo
AMMAN/ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) – When Syria’s civil war came to the industrial city of Aleppo in 2012, two textile makers had to choose whether to stay or move their businesses away.
Air strike kills seven Hezbollah fighters in Syria-sources
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An air strike carried out by an unidentified warplane killed seven Hezbollah fighters in eastern Syria, three sources familiar with the incident told Reuters on Monday.
Palestinian prime minister visits Gaza in reconciliation move with Hamas
GAZA (Reuters) – The West Bank-based Palestinian prime minister crossed into the Gaza Strip on Monday in a move toward reconciliation between Hamas and the mainstream Fatah party, a decade after the Islamist group seized the territory in a civil war.
Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to draw up plan for refugee repatriation: minister
DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Monday to set up a “working group” to plan the repatriation of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh to escape an army crackdown, the Bangladeshi foreign ministe…
Palestinian prime minister visits Gaza in major reconciliation move with Hamas
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The West Bank-based Palestinian prime minister crossed into the Gaza Strip on Monday in a major move toward reconciliation between Hamas and the mainstream Fatah party, a decade after the Islamist group seized the territory in a c…
Two women deny murdering North Korean leader’s half-brother
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Two women accused of murdering the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with a banned nerve agent pleaded not guilty at the start of a high-profile murder trial in a Malaysian court on Monday.
Hungary’s opposition Socialists lose PM candidate, in disarray ahead 2018 vote
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The Hungarian Socialist Party’s candidate to be prime minister after the 2018 parliamentary election resigned on Monday, accusing a “political mafia” of undermining leftist parties he had hoped would support him.
Abandoned by tourists, Bali town counts cost of Indonesia volcano
AMED, Indonesia (Reuters) – A Balinese town once bustling with holidaymakers has almost emptied of tourists after warnings that nearby Mount Agung could erupt at any time – a snapshot of the growing cost the rumbling volcano poses to Indonesia’s econom…
Merkel’s conservatives tied with SPD ahead of state vote: poll
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and the rival Social Democrats (SPD) are nearly tied ahead of a crucial regional election in the state of Lower Saxony, a poll conducted by a German newspaper showed on Mond…
