Aegean quake shakes buildings in Greece and Turkey, one dead
ISTANBUL/ATHENS (Reuters) – A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the western coast of Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday, killing one woman and rattling buildings from the Aegean Turkish province of Izmir to the Greek capital Athens….
Israel reduces power supply to Gaza, as Abbas pressures Hamas
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian Authority limited how much it pays for power to the enclave run by Hamas, Israeli officials said on Monday.
Arrests and clashes as police evicts hundreds from Myanmar slum
YANGON (Reuters) – One policeman was injured and at least five people were arrested in clashes on Monday as authorities in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, demolished a shanty town to clear the land for development.
Iran says Trump administration will end up abiding by nuclear deal
OSLO (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Monday the Trump administration will end up abiding by the 2015 nuclear deal despite its protestations to the contrary because it is in the national interest of the United States.
Qatar says backs Kuwait mediation efforts over rift with Arab states
PARIS (Reuters) – Qatar supports Kuwait’s mediation efforts to end a rift with Saudi Arabia and other Arab states and is ready to engage in talks that conform with international law, its foreign minister said on Monday.
EU to open case against Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic over migration
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive will decide on Tuesday to open legal cases against three eastern members for failing to take in asylum-seekers to relieve states on the front lines of the bloc’s migration crisis, sources said.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi says U.N. Rohingya probe would increase tensions
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A United Nations probe into alleged human rights abuses by Myanmar’s military against the minority Rohingya people last year would inflame ethnic tensions, the country’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Monday.
From ‘caliph’ to fugitive: IS leader Baghdadi’s new life on the run
BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is on the brink of losing the two main centers of his ‘caliphate’ but even though he is on the run, it may take years to capture or kill him, officials and experts said.
U.S. breaks with G7 on climate, development banks: statement
BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) – The United States refused to sign up to the Group of Seven major industrialized economies’ statement on climate change and plans to fund sustainable development, a statement from the group’s environment ministers said on Mond…
India’s Modi and Trump to hold first talks on June 26 in Washington
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on June 26, the Indian foreign ministry and the White House said on Monday, the first meeting between the leaders.
