Modi’s BJP sees bigger India mandate in 2019 after state landslide
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party expects national elections in 2019 to deliver an even bigger mandate than in 2014, its leaders said on Sunday, buoyed by a thumping victory in the country’s most politically important st…
Berlin airport workers to strike again on Monday over pay
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ground staff at Berlin’s two airports will begin a 25-hour strike on Monday, their trade union said on Sunday, stepping up action in a pay dispute that has already caused the cancellation of around 1,000 flights.
At least 38 killed after Haiti bus plows into parade
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – At least 38 people were killed and about a dozen injured in northern Haiti late on Saturday after a bus drove into a parade of pedestrians while fleeing from an accident, civil protection authorities said on Sunday.
Germany agrees to deport Tunisian wanted over 2015 museum attack
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Sunday that a Tunisian man wanted in his homeland for his possible involvement in a deadly attack on a Tunis museum in 2015 can be deported.
Fillon’s party apologizes for anti-Semitic attack on French rival Macron
PARIS (Reuters) – Francois Fillon’s party has apologized for tweeting a caricature of Emmanuel Macron, his main rival in the race to be France’s next president, that Fillon himself admitted was anti-Semitic, adding to a row of controversies around his …
Iraqi forces unearth mass grave of Shi’ite inmates killed by IS
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The remains of hundreds of mainly Shi’ite inmates killed by Islamic State militants when they overran a prison in northern Iraq more than two years ago have been unearthed by forces retaking the area from the group, a spokesman said…
Merkel meets Trump in clash of style and substance
BERLIN (Reuters) – She is controlled and cautious, a physicist from East Germany who takes her time making decisions and has never relished the attention that comes from being Europe’s most powerful leader.
Britain has a Brexit backup plan if talks fail, says minister
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is drawing up contingency plans for the unlikely event it has to walk away from divorce talks with the European Union without a deal, Brexit minister David Davis said on Sunday.
Turkey targets Dutch with diplomatic sanctions as ‘Nazi’ row escalates
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey said on Monday it would suspend high-level diplomatic relations with the Netherlands after Dutch authorities prevented its ministers from speaking at rallies of expatriate Turks, deepening the row between the two NATO allies.
Iraqi general says 30 percent of west Mosul recaptured from Islamic State
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces have retaken around 30 percent of west Mosul from Islamic State militants, a commander of the elite Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) said on Sunday, as soldiers pushed further into the jihadists’ territory.
