Poll lead falls, but British PM May to stick with elderly-care cuts
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party said on Sunday it would not ditch proposals to reduce support for elderly voters, as opinion polls showing their lead ahead of the June 8 national election falling.
Hamas sentences three Palestinians to death over commander’s killing
GAZA (Reuters) – Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement delivered death sentences on Sunday to three Palestinians it ruled had taken part in what it said was an Israeli-directed assassination of one of the Islamist group’s senior commanders.
Turkey’s Erdogan vows fight against enemies as returns to lead party
ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan pledged to fight Turkey’s enemies at home and abroad on Sunday as he was elected leader of the ruling AK Party, a move enabling him to reassert his grip on the party and its legislative work.
North Korea tests another missile; Seoul says dashes hopes for peace
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast on Sunday, its second missile test in a week, which South Korea said dashed the hopes of the South’s new liberal government for peace between the neighbors.
One killed in northern Kenya after rally attended by President Kenyatta
ISIOLO, Kenya (Reuters) – Police shot dead one person in northern Kenya’s Isiolo county after a political rally attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta at which supporters of rival political candidates for regional government positions clashed, police sai…
Trump tells Middle East to ‘drive out’ Islamist extremists
RIYADH (Reuters) – President Donald Trump urged Arab and Islamic leaders on Sunday to unite and do their share to defeat Islamist extremists, making an impassioned plea to “drive out” terrorists while toning down his own harsh rhetoric about Muslims.
At least 20 Afghan police killed in Taliban ambushes: officials
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – At least 20 Afghan policemen were killed in Taliban ambushes in south central Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday, the latest in a string of insurgent attacks that come as the NATO-led military mission considers send…
Two killed, one foreigner kidnapped in Afghan capital Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) – Two people, a foreigner and an Afghan, were killed and another foreigner was abducted from a house in Kabul late on Saturday, a spokesman for the interior ministry said.
Turkish police kill two suspected Islamic State militants in raid: media
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police killed two suspected Islamic State militants in a raid on an apartment in the capital Ankara overnight, state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Sunday.
U.S. and Pacific Rim countries at odds in heated trade meeting
HANOI (Reuters) – Japan and other members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed on Sunday to pursue their trade deal without the United States as the Trump administration’s “America First” policy created tension at a meeting of Asia-Pacific countries.
