U.S. Supreme Court sides with Venezuela over oil rigs claim
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday tossed out a lower court’s ruling that had allowed an American oil drilling company to sue Venezuela over the seizure of 11 drilling rigs in 2010 but allowed the business another chance to press i…
Somali militants kill two men accused of rape, al Shabaab says
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali Islamist militants said they publicly stoned one man to death and shot dead another on Monday after both were accused of raping a girl in central Somalia.
Hamas softens stance on Israel, drops Muslim Brotherhood link
GAZA/DOHA (Reuters) – The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Monday dropped its longstanding call for Israel’s destruction, but said it still rejected the country’s right to exist and backs “armed struggle” against it.
British government does not recognize FAS account of difficult Juncker meeting: spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Monday rejected an account of a difficult meeting between Prime Minister Theresa May and the head of the European Commission that was reported by German newspaper FAS, reiterating that the meeting had gone well.
Macron, Le Pen exchange May Day blows on day of rallies and protests
PARIS (Reuters) – Centrist presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen attacked each other’s visions of France and the role it should play in Europe on Monday against a background of May Day rallies and protests.
Asian nations pulled into China’s orbit as Trump puts America first
MANILA (Reuters) – Across Asia, more and more countries are being pulled into Beijing’s orbit, with the timid stance adopted by Southeast Asian nations on the South China Sea at a weekend summit a clear sign this fundamental geostrategic shift is gathe…
U.N. rights boss says Egypt crackdown ‘facilitates radicalisation’
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said on Monday that heavy-handed security measures by Egypt were fostering the very radicalisation it was looking to curb.
Five killed in crane accident at Samsung shipyard in South Korea
(Reuters) – Five people died and about 20 were injured when a crane collapsed at a Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea during construction of an oil platform for French energy company Total, the two companies said on Monday.
Turkish police fire tear gas at May Day demonstrators in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Police in Istanbul fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a group of May Day demonstrators on Monday, a Reuters witness said, as authorities detained more than 200 people at protests around the city.
U.S.-backed militias oust Islamic State from Syria’s Tabqa old city
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-backed militias said on Monday they had pushed Islamic State fighters out of the old quarters of Tabqa, a strategically vital town controlling Syria’s largest dam, hemming the militants into the remaining modern district along t…
