Britain’s May to set out plans to reclaim legislative sovereignty
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will set out how her government plans to restore sovereignty over Britain’s laws on Thursday, publishing a detailed paper on ending “the supremacy of EU lawmakers”.
Nearly 1,200 migrants picked up off Libya, heading to Italy
ROME (Reuters) – Humanitarian ships rescued almost 1,200 migrants who were crossing the Mediterranean Sea at the weekend on an array of small, tightly packed boats, Doctors Without Borders said on Sunday.
Fresh election or direct rule looms as Northern Ireland talks fall apart
BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland could be set for a fresh election or a return to direct British rule of the province after the two main parties in negotiations to form a new government said on Sunday that talks had run their course without success…
U.S.-backed forces capture Islamic State-held airport near Euphrates dam
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – A U.S.-backed Syrian alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias on Sunday took a military airport in northern Syria held by Islamic State, close to the country’s largest dam that may be in danger of collapse.
Six aid workers killed in an ambush in South Sudan, U.N. says
GENEVA (Reuters) – Six aid workers were killed in an ambush in South Sudan on Saturday while traveling from the capital Juba to the town of Pibor, the United Nations said on Sunday, without specifying if they worked for the U.N. or giving other details…
UK police make another arrest in parliamentary attack investigation
LONDON (Reuters) – Police have arrested a 30-year-old man in the central English city of Birmingham in connection with last week’s attack on parliament, “on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts”, the Metropolitan Police said on Sunday.
France’s Le Pen says the EU ‘will die’, globalists to be defeated
LILLE, France (Reuters) – The European Union will disappear, French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen told a rally on Sunday, promising to shield France from globalisation as she sought to fire up her supporters in the final four weeks before voting…
Military helicopter crashes in Ukraine, crew died
KIEV (Reuters) – A small Ukrainian military helicopter crashed in the east of the country on Sunday, killing its two crew members and three passengers, Ukraine’s defense ministry said.
Thousands of Yemenis rally in Sanaa on war’s second anniversary
SANAA (Reuters) – Thousands of Yemenis packed a square in the capital Sanaa on Sunday on the second anniversary of a war that has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people and pushed the impoverished country to the brink of famine.
France’s Le Pen says people no longer want the EU
LILLE (Reuters) – The European Union will die because the people do not want it anymore, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen told a rally on Sunday, saying it would be replaced by a “Europe of the people.”
