Venezuela Maduro says children used in protest violence, will write to pope
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday he would ask Pope Francis to persuade opponents that children should not participate in violent protests that have rocked the country, as both sides of the conflict seek help from t…
The Maute brothers: Southeast Asia’s Islamist “time bomb”
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – On his Facebook profile page Omarkhayam Romato Maute describes himself as a “Walking Time-Bomb”.
China Eastern flight lands safely in Sydney with hole torn in engine
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A China Eastern flight bound for Shanghai was forced to turn back to Sydney because of a mid-air emergency, an airline spokeswoman said on Monday, with pictures showing a gaping hole in the casing of one of its engines.
British police arrest another man in London Bridge attack probe
(Reuters) – British police investigating last weekend’s deadly attacks on London Bridge said they arrested a 19-year-old man in east London on Sunday.
Mexico leftist party says will not join other parties in presidential run
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s leftist National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party chief Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ruled out on Sunday aligning with other traditional political parties in the run-up to the 2018 presidential elections.
Anti-Kremlin protesters fill Russian streets, Putin critic Navalny jailed
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Baton-wielding riot police broke up anti-corruption protests and detained hundreds of demonstrators in Moscow and other Russian cities on Monday, before a court sentenced opposition leader Alexei Navalny to his second prison term thi…
Fighting breaks out amongst Syrian rebels in city of al Bab
AMMAN (Reuters) – Turkish-backed rebels fought each other on Sunday in the Syrian town of al Bab in the first bout of rebel fighting since they seized the town this year from Islamic State militants, rebels and witnesses said.
Mexican authorities find 112 migrants huddled in back of truck
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican authorities discovered 112 migrants, including four babies, huddled alive in the back of a truck as it traveled along a highway in the country’s south, the attorney general’s office said on Sunday.
Eleven dead, hundreds escape in Congo jail attack
KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed and 930 prisoners escaped on Sunday when unidentified assailants stormed a jail in Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeastern town of Beni, the provincial governor said.
Led by Islamists, thousands of Moroccans rally in support of northern protests
RABAT (Reuters) – Thousands of Moroccans led by an Islamist movement rallied in the capital Rabat on Sunday in a massive show of support for protests against corruption and official abuses in a northern region that have tested authorities for weeks.
