How Macron worked the system for a giant parliamentary majority
PARIS (Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron was visibly irritated last March at a news conference ahead of the first round of the presidential election.
U.S. warplane downs Syrian army jet in Raqqa province
AMMAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. warplane shot down a Syrian army jet on Sunday in the southern Raqqa countryside, with Washington saying the jet had dropped bombs near U.S.-backed forces and Damascus saying the plane was downed while flying a missi…
Iran fires missiles at militant groups in eastern Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran fired missiles on Sunday into eastern Syria, aiming at the bases of militant groups it holds responsible for attacks in Tehran which left 18 dead last week, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported.
Al Qaeda-linked group claims deadly attack at Mali resort
BAMAKO (Reuters) – A new alliance of Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least five people at a Mali luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside the capital Bamako.
Peru finance minister says he will not resign despite censure threat
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s Finance Minister Alfredo Thorne said on Sunday that he has the confidence of President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and will not resign, defying demands he leave his post and threats of censure by the opposition-dominated Congress.
Romania leftists ask parliament to oust PM, graft in spotlight
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s ruling leftists filed a no-confidence motion in parliament on Sunday against their prime minister, Sorin Grindeanu, escalating a conflict which government critics say reflects internal rifts over anti-corruption policy.
Hamas: War with Israel unlikely and relations with Egypt improving
GAZA (Reuters) – Hamas played down on Sunday the possibility that the energy crisis in the Gaza Strip would lead to renewed hostilities with Israel and said relations between the Islamist group and Egypt were improving.
Hundreds of migrants rescued in boats off Libyan coast
MADRID (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants, some of them drifting in rubber dinghies off the coast of Libya, were picked up by Spanish and Italian ships on Saturday, adding to a lengthening list of rescue operations in recent days.
North Korea accuses U.S. authorities of ‘mugging’ its diplomats at NY airport
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea accused U.S. authorities on Sunday of “mugging” its diplomats at the John F. Kennedy airport in New York, forcibly confiscating a diplomatic package which it said raised questions about the city as the seat of the United N…
Black box from crashed Myanmar army plane retrieved
YANGON (Reuters) – Search teams retrieved the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from a Myanmarese army plane that crashed into the Andaman Sea in early June with 122 soldiers, family members and crew on board, the Myanmar military said on…
