France begins voting in second round of parliamentary election
PARIS (Reuters) – Voting stations opened in France on Sunday for the second round of parliamentary elections, with opinion polls indicating President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Republic on the Move party likely to win a massive majority in the lower ho…
Six police killed in attack on Afghanistan police headquarters
GARDEZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least six police were killed and dozens of people wounded when as many as six gunmen and a suicide bomber attacked a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday morning, officials said.
U.S. destroyer almost foundered after collision, bodies found: Seventh Fleet
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Reuters) – The bodies of missing sailors were found in flooded compartments of the USS Fitzgerald, which came close to sinking after a collision with a container ship off Japan tore a gash under the warship’s waterline, the U.S. Navy’s…
Roadside explosion in Cairo kills Egyptian policeman
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian policeman was killed and four wounded by a roadside explosive near the Cairo suburb of Maadi on Sunday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
Explosion in Bogota shopping center kills three, wounds nine
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Three women were killed and nine wounded after an explosive device detonated in a restroom in a busy upscale shopping center in Colombia’s capital on Saturday.
At least 62 killed in forest fire still raging in Portugal
PEDROGAO GRANDE, Portugal (Reuters) – A huge forest fire raging since Saturday in central Portugal has killed at least 62 people, most of them dying in their cars as they tried to flee, the government said on Sunday,
Chile rescuers find water in area where two missing miners were trapped
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A drilling probe conducted by rescuers seeking to find two workers missing in a southern Chile mine for more than a week found water in the area where they are thought to have been at the time of a June 9 flood, authorities said on…
Venezuela’s Maduro slams Twitter after accounts blocked
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday said Twitter was an “expression of fascism” after accounts linked to his government were suspended, accusing the U.S. company of persecuting his followers.
Macron wins strong parliamentary majority, estimates show
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron won a commanding majority in France’s parliamentary election on Sunday, sweeping aside traditional parties and securing a powerful mandate for pro-business reforms.
Americans lament Cuba becoming ‘forbidden island’ again
HAVANA (Reuters) – American travelers who long to swill a cocktail at Havana’s legendary Sloppy Joe’s bar or dive into the rooftop pool of its newest luxury hotel had their dreams dashed when U.S. President Donald Trump announced his new Cuba policy th…
