Romania leftists ask parliament to oust PM, graft in spotlight
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s ruling leftists filed a no-confidence motion in parliament on Sunday against their prime minister, Sorin Grindeanu, escalating a conflict which government critics say reflects internal rifts over anti-corruption policy.
Hamas: War with Israel unlikely and relations with Egypt improving
GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas played down on Sunday the possibility that the energy crisis in the Gaza Strip would lead to renewed hostilities with Israel and said relations between the Islamist group and Egypt were improving.
Hundreds of migrants rescued in boats off Libyan coast
MADRID (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants, some of them drifting in rubber dinghies off the coast of Libya, were picked up by Spanish and Italian ships on Saturday, adding to a lengthening list of rescue operations in recent days.
North Korea accuses U.S. authorities of ‘mugging’ its diplomats at NY airport
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea accused U.S. authorities on Sunday of “mugging” its diplomats at the John F. Kennedy airport in New York, forcibly confiscating a diplomatic package which it said raised questions about the city as the seat of the United N…
Black box from crashed Myanmar army plane retrieved
YANGON (Reuters) – Search teams retrieved the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a Myanmarese army plane that crashed into the Andaman Sea in early June with 122 soldiers, family members and crew on board, the Myanmar military said on…
Spanish Socialists crown new leader as clash with PM Rajoy looms
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday he would launch a new bid to build an alliance with other opposition forces to challenge the conservative minority government, as his center-left party formally backed his re-appo…
NATO war game defends Baltic weak spot for first time
SUWALKI GAP, Polish-Lithuanian border (Reuters) – U.S. and British troops have carried out the first large-scale NATO defensive drill on the border between Poland and Lithuania, rehearsing for a possible scenario in which Russia might try to sever the …
After fire, May’s government says will act to protect Britons
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will act on any recommendations from a probe into a fire that ripped through an apartment block and killed at least 58 people, ministers said, responding to a tragedy their critics said showed something had gone “badly wrong”…
Kiev hosts largely incident-free gay pride march
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching for gay pride in Kiev on Sunday, carrying banners and waving rainbow and Ukrainian flags in a parade flanked by a thick cordon of helmeted police.
Twenty five killed in Saudi air strikes on Yemen market: health official
DUBAI (Reuters) – At least 25 Yemenis were killed when Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck a market in the northern Saada province, a local health official said on Sunday, the latest in a string of deadly incidents in the 27-month-old conflict.
