Israel attacks Syrian posts after cross-border fire from Syria
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said it had attacked Syrian military targets on Sunday after stray shells from fighting in Syria’s civil war landed inside the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.
Merkel’s SPD rivals rally in search of German election rebound
DORTMUND/BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) rallied behind their leader on Sunday, agreeing policies on investment, social justice and Europe that they hope will reverse a slump in opinion polls and end Angela Merkel’s 12-yea…
Six children killed in blast in northwestern Pakistani village
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Six children were killed in a village in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday when they picked up an explosive device that looked like a toy, officials said.
Vision and screwdrivers: Macron and Merkel converge on Europe
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Back in January, when his chances of winning the French presidency were considered slim, Emmanuel Macron came to Berlin and spelled out what he felt was needed to fix Europe.
Erdogan dismisses pledges over weapons for Kurds in Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday countries which promised to get back weapons supplied to Kurdish YPG fighters in northern Syria were trying to trick Turkey and would eventually realize their mistake.
Seven die in cable car crash in Indian Kashmir, 150 rescued
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – A pine tree fell onto a cable car in a ski resort in Indian Kashmir on Sunday, sending the car plunging to earth and killing seven people, most of them tourists, police said.
Israel freezes plan for mixed-sex Jewish prayer site at Western Wall
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s government formally suspended plans on Sunday for a mixed-gender prayer space at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, bowing to opposition from Orthodox Jewish politicians to reforms at one of Judaism’s holiest sites.
Talks with Northern Ireland’s DUP on UK government support progressing well: Patel
LONDON (Reuters) – Talks with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party on a deal to prop up Britain’s minority government in parliament are “progressing in the right way”, the international development secretary, Priti Patel, said on Sunday.
Mosul celebrates first Eid without Islamic State in years
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – People in the Iraqi city of Mosul celebrated their first Muslim Eid holiday without Islamic State in years on Sunday after the militants were ejected from much of the city, and hoped the battle to recapture the remaining area wo…
Iran says arrests 50 suspected of links to militant groups
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian authorities have rounded up at least 50 people suspected of links to militant groups in a Western province, a prosecutor said on Sunday, the latest in a wave of arrests following twin bomb and gun attacks in Tehran in early Ju…
