Merkel has no regrets over refugee policy despite political cost
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she has no regrets about her 2015 decision to open the country’s borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees and added she will not be deterred from campaigning by angry hecklers.
UK police arrest second suspect after Buckingham Palace attack
LONDON (Reuters) – British police announced on Sunday a second arrest in connection with an assault on three police officers by a man armed with a four-foot sword outside London’s Buckingham Palace on Friday.
Five killed, one injured in Austrian mountain accident
ZURICH (Reuters) – Five people were killed and one seriously injured after a mountain accident on Sunday in the Austrian state of Salzburg, the Austrian Press Agency reported.
Iraqi forces retake most of Tal Afar from Islamic State: military
TAL AFAR, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have retaken almost all of Tal Afar, Islamic State’s stronghold in the country’s northwest, the Iraqi military said on Sunday.
Vessel breaks in two off Turkey’s northwest coast
ANKARA (Reuters) – A dry cargo vessel broke in two in the Black Sea off Turkey’s northwest coast, television images showed early on Sunday, while the 11-man crew was rescued.
Two miners trapped at South Africa’s Harmony Gold mine die, three missing
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Two miners at a South African gold mine owned by Harmony Gold have died after they were trapped underground following an earth tremor, the company said on Sunday.
Fighters withdraw after clashes in Yemen capital – officials
DUBAI (Reuters) – Gunmen from both groups in a strained civil war alliance withdrew from streets in the Yemeni capital on Sunday after trading fire in unprecedented violence, officials from the two groups said.
Gunfire heard near Bangladesh border as thousands flee Myanmar violence
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Myanmar’s government said it had evacuated at least 4,000 non-Muslim villagers amid ongoing clashes in northwestern Rakhine state, as thousands more Rohingya Muslims sought to flee across the border to Bangladesh on …
Three missing after Japan military helicopter loses contact over Sea of Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Defense Ministry on Sunday said it was searching for three crew members of a Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) helicopter in the Sea of Japan after contact was lost with the chopper. One crew member had been rescued uninjured…
Changes to proposed U.S. anti-Hezbollah sanctions allay Lebanon’s fears
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Proposed tighter U.S. sanctions on Hezbollah have been altered enough to allay fears of major damage to Lebanon’s economy, a sign Washington is taking concerns about Lebanese stability seriously, banking and political sources said.
