Spanish Socialists crown new leader as clash with PM Rajoy looms
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday he would launch a new bid to build an alliance with other opposition forces to challenge the conservative minority government, as his center-left party formally backed his re-appo…
NATO war game defends Baltic weak spot for first time
SUWALKI GAP, Polish-Lithuanian border (Reuters) – U.S. and British troops have carried out the first large-scale NATO defensive drill on the border between Poland and Lithuania, rehearsing for a possible scenario in which Russia might try to sever the …
After fire, May’s government says will act to protect Britons
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will act on any recommendations from a probe into a fire that ripped through an apartment block and killed at least 58 people, ministers said, responding to a tragedy their critics said showed something had gone “badly wrong”…
Kiev hosts largely incident-free gay pride march
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching for gay pride in Kiev on Sunday, carrying banners and waving rainbow and Ukrainian flags in a parade flanked by a thick cordon of helmeted police.
Twenty five killed in Saudi air strikes on Yemen market: health official
DUBAI (Reuters) – At least 25 Yemenis were killed when Saudi-led coalition aircraft struck a market in the northern Saada province, a local health official said on Sunday, the latest in a string of deadly incidents in the 27-month-old conflict.
Greece blocks EU statement on China human rights at U.N.
BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece has blocked a European Union statement at the United Nations criticizing China’s human rights record, a decision EU diplomats said undermined efforts to confront Beijing’s crackdown on activists and dissidents.
Iran and China conduct naval drill in Gulf
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran and China began a joint naval exercise in the Gulf on Sunday, the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported.
Red Crescent worker wounded in Damascus attack on aid convoy: ICRC
VIENNA (Reuters) – A staff worker for the Syrian Arab Red Crescent relief organization was wounded in an attack on a humanitarian convoy near Damascus, the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a statement on Sunday.
With a weakened leader and reeling from crisis, Britain hurtles into the Brexit unknown
LONDON (Reuters) – With her strategy unclear and her position insecure, Prime Minister Theresa May plunges this week into tortuous divorce talks with the European Union that will shape Britain’s prosperity and global influence for generations to come.
Government did respond to fire safety recommendations, UK minister says
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday the government had acted on safety recommendations after an earlier fire in London in 2009, but it would wait for the public inquiry to make changes in regulation.
