Head of Polish constitutional court sees no threat in judicial reform
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal President Julia Przylebska said that she sees no threat to the division of powers in an overhaul of the judicial system that has brought tens of thousands of people into the streets in protest.
Tearful parents of UK baby Charlie Gard agree to let him die
LONDON (Reuters) – The parents of Charlie Gard tearfully gave up their legal battle to keep their terminally ill baby alive on Monday, saying his condition had deteriorated too far for any possible recovery, in a case they said had touched the world.
China says it wants to ‘maintain stability’ in disputed South China Sea
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday Beijing wanted to maintain stability in the South China Sea as it seeks alliances in the region amid tensions in the disputed waters.
Top lawmaker pushes for same-sex unions, divorce in Catholic Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s top ally in Congress proposed new bills to legalize divorce and same-sex unions on Monday, a move almost certain to meet fierce resistance from bishops in the mainly Catholic country.
Hezbollah says seizes strategic valley from militants at Syria-Lebanon border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah said its forces seized a strategic valley from Sunni Muslim militants on Monday, the latest advance in an offensive to oust jihadists from their last foothold along the Syria-Lebanon border.
NATO offers to broker compromise in Turkish-German stand-off
BERLIN (Reuters) – NATO’s secretary general is offering to broker a visit by German lawmakers to troops serving on a Turkish air base in an attempt to heal a rift between the two allies which is disrupting anti-Islamic State operations.
Why Ukrainian forces gave up Crimea without a fight – and NATO is alert
KIEV/SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – The career of Sergei Yeliseyev helps to explain why Ukraine’s armed forces gave up Crimea almost without a fight – and why NATO now says it is alert to Russian attempts to undermine military loyalty in its eastern Eu…
Israeli embassy staff in Jordan returned to Israel
JERUSALEM/AMMAN (Reuters) – The staff of Israel’s embassy in Jordan, including a security guard involved in a shooting incident in which two Jordanians were killed, returned to Israel from Amman on Monday, an official from the Israeli prime minister’s …
China warns India not to harbor illusions in border stand-off
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s defense ministry on Monday warned India not to harbor any illusions about the Chinese military’s ability to defend its territory, amid a festering border dispute.
Taliban suicide car bomber kills dozens in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) – A Taliban suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the western part of Kabul on Monday, killing up to 35 people and wounding more than 40, government officials said, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in recent weeks.
