Juncker to offer EU ‘pathways’ to post-Brexit unity
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker will propose to national leaders next month a handful of options for shoring up unity once Britain launches a withdrawal that some fear could trigger a further unraveling of the bl…
South Korea calls for action against North Korean leadership
GENEVA (Reuters) – South Korea called on Monday for major powers to criminally pursue North Korea’s leadership before its “ever-worsening” human rights record including mass executions and forced labor threatened world peace.
Turkey says does not welcome comments from Austria on Erdogan visit
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey on Monday criticized Austria after its foreign minister said President Tayyip Erdogan was not welcome to campaign among Turks living in Austria for a referendum to be held in Turkey in April.
Tens of thousands flood into Sudan from famine-hit South Sudan
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – More than 31,000 South Sudanese refugees – mostly women and children – have crossed the border into Sudan this year, fleeing famine and conflict, the United Nations refugee agency said on Monday.
Acrimonious election campaign deepens Northern Ireland deadlock
BELFAST (Reuters) – Acrimonious campaigning ahead of Thursday snap elections in Northern Ireland has increased antagonism between pro-British unionists and Irish nationalists and exacerbated fears devolved power may revert to London for the first time …
French Institute in Athens targeted in arson attack
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police said arsonists targeted the French cultural institute in Athens on Monday causing minor damage but no injuries.
Duterte shores up support as Philippine senators lose posts
MANILA (Reuters) – Four Philippine legislators who supported a staunch critic of leader Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs lost important positions in the Senate on Monday, drawing political lines in the upper house in a tightening of the president’s grip…
Israeli aircraft attack Hamas targets after rocket fired from Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft carried out a series of strikes in Gaza on Monday, wounding at least four people, witnesses said, after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory hit an empty area in southern Israel.
Iraqi forces seize Mosul bridge as thousands of civilians flee
SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Iraqi forces seized a damaged Mosul bridge on Monday which could link up their units on either side of the Tigris river, as thousands of civilians fled the fighting for Islamic State’s remaining stronghold in the west o…
Last letters : From Mosul schoolboys to Islamic State ‘martyrs’
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – “My dear family, please forgive me,” reads the handwritten letter discarded in the dusty halls of an Islamic State training compound in eastern Mosul.
