Europe’s populist wave stalls as Macron storms into French runoff
PARIS (Reuters) – The populist tsunami that slammed into Britain last year, before sweeping across the Atlantic to the United States, may have faded on the shores of France on Sunday.
Peru evaluates expelling two foreigners for ‘inciting’ anti-mine protests
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian police are evaluating the possible expulsion of two foreigners for “inciting” rural communities to protest against the Hudbay Minerals mining company, which owns a copper mine in the nation, the country’s interior ministry sai…
Al Qaeda chief urges jihadists to use guerrilla tactics in Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has called on Syrian Sunni jihadists to wage guerrilla war against enemies ranging from Syrian President Bashar al Assad and his Iranian-backed allies to Western powers.
Trump to speak with China’s Xi, Japan’s Abe on Sunday, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will speak on Sunday with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping, a senior administration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity, with North Korea expected to be…
Dolls, teddy bears return to eastern Mosul after Islamic State
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Toy shops are thriving in eastern Mosul, with Iraqi children once again able to buy dolls, teddy bears or action figures after Islamic State was driven out of the area.
At least 35 killed in drug violence across Mexico: officials
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 35 people were killed over the weekend in Mexico, according to local officials, amid a widespread surge in drug gang violence that has driven murders to a level not seen since 2011.
Germany approving far fewer Afghan asylum-seekers: newspaper
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany approved just under 48 percent of asylum applications from Afghan migrants in the first two months of 2017, down from close to 78 percent in 2015, the Passauer Neue Presse German newspaper reported on Sunday.
Afghan Taliban’s brazen attack eclipses Trump’s ‘mother of all bombs’
KABUL (Reuters) – Eight days after the U.S. military dropped its largest ever conventional bomb on suspected Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban militants breached an army base in the north of the country and killed scores of local s…
Conservatives hold 22-point lead ahead of UK election: ICM poll
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives have a 22 point lead over Labour, an ICM poll said on Sunday ahead of a general election on June 8.
Liberal Maldives blogger stabbed to death
(Reuters) – A prominent Maldivian blogger, who was critical of Islamist extremism and government corruption, was stabbed to death on Sunday, police said, and the main opposition party demanded an international probe into the killing.
