EU urges Myanmar to protect free speech after arrests of journalists
YANGON (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday urged Myanmar to protect journalists from “intimidation, arrest or prosecution” after several cases of reporters running into trouble with the law, including three detained by the army last week.
Trump discusses migration, trade with European leaders ahead of summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump discussed hot-button issues like climate change, trade and migration in calls with German and Italian leaders on Monday, before a summit this week of the G20 leading economies that could expose sharp p…
Tough questions still to tackle before G20 summit, Germany says
BERLIN (Reuters) – There are still many difficult issues to be resolved ahead of a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies (G20) in Hamburg later this week, a German government spokesman said on Monday.
China says India violates 1890 agreement in border stand-off
BEIJING (Reuters) – China said on Monday that India was violating an 1890 border agreement between Britain and China that previous Indian governments have pledged to uphold, and it should be respected to end a “very serious” incursion by India.
Suicide bomber dressed as woman kills 14 in Iraqi displacement camp
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber dressed as a veiled woman killed 14 people and wounded 13 others in a displacement camp west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, security sources said.
Kurdish militants kill security forces, workers in southeast – officials
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – Kurdish militants killed a soldier, village guard and three workers in attacks in three separate provinces in southeastern Turkey on Monday, officials said.
China, Russia share opposition to U.S. THAAD in South Korea: Xi
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping set off on a visit to Russia on Monday stressing the grave threat a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea poses to both Chinese and Russian interests.
India’s Modi heads to Israel, lifting the curtain on close ties
NEW DELHI/TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Narendra Modi begins a first visit to Israel by an Indian prime minister on Tuesday, in a public embrace of a country that he has long admired for its military and technical expertise but which his predecessors kept at ar…
Tour bus bursts into flames after collision in Germany; 18 killed
BERLIN (Reuters) – Eighteen people were killed when a tour bus burst into flames after colliding with a truck on a motorway in the German state of Bavaria on Monday, police said.
‘Suicide Squad’ brave bullets to rescue civilians in embattled Philippine town
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) – Saripada Pacasum Jr. gagged and turned away the first time he came across a decomposing body in Marawi City, where hundreds have died since Islamic State-inspired fighters attempted to overrun the southern Philippin…
