Angola confirms dos Santos in Spain for health checks
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Angola confirmed for the first time on Monday that 74-year-old President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, its leader of the last 38 years, was in Spain for medical reasons.
Civilians lack food, water, medicine as Mosul battle mounts: U.N.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of civilians in parts of Mosul held by Islamic State are struggling to get food, water and medicine, the United Nations said, days into a new push by U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops to take the northern city.
UK police arrest 16th person in connection with Manchester attack
(Reuters) – British police said on Monday they had arrested a 16th person in connection with the Manchester suicide bombing last week.
Egypt to press ahead with air strikes after Christians attacked
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt made clear on Monday that it planned to press ahead with air strikes against Islamist militants in neighbouring Libya who it says were responsible for killing Egyptian Christians in an ambush last week.
President Macron’s party seen on top in French parliament election: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron’s party is expected to emerge with the most seats in June’s parliamentary election, a poll showed on Monday, with Macron also scoring well in terms of general popularity.
Philippine military says close to defeating Islamist rebels
MARAWI, Philippines (Reuters) – The Philippine military said on Monday it was close to retaking a southern city held for a seventh day by Islamist militants, as helicopters unleashed more rockets on positions held by the rebels aligned with Islamic Sta…
South Korea questions six rescued North Koreans as it eyes engagement
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean authorities were questioning on Monday six North Koreans rescued on the weekend as they drifted in the sea off the east coast and will send them home if they want to go, the South’s Unification Ministry said.
Knife-wielding man kills 2, wounds 18 in China
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A knife-fielding man suspected of mental illness killed two people and injured 18 in China, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
After talks, France’s Macron hits out at Russian media, Putin denies hacking
VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron rolled out the red carpet for Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Monday, but past suspicions of Russian meddling in the French election resurfaced with Macron denouncing Russian media and Putin …
Former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis dies aged 98
ATHENS (Reuters) – Former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis, one of Greece’s most prominent veteran politicians, died early on Monday, his family said. He was 98.
