World cardinals back pope after anonymous attacks by conservatives
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Senior Roman Catholic cardinals from the around the world defended Pope Francis on Monday against a spate of recent attacks from conservatives challenging his authority.
Ethnic clashes in central Mali kill at least 13
BAMAKO (Reuters) – At least 13 people were killed in central Mali at the weekend in inter-ethnic clashes between Fulanis and Bambaras, the interior ministry said on Monday, escalating a conflict over resources in a region increasingly outside state con…
Blast kills at least 13 in Pakistani city of Lahore, 83 injured
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – An explosion near the Punjab provincial assembly in the Pakistani city of Lahore killed at least 13 people and wounded 83 others on Monday, a senior police official said.
Brazil’s Temer denies shielding ally from corruption case
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer on Monday dismissed criticism that he promoted a close aide to shield him from prosecution and vowed to dismiss any minister indicted for corruption.
Netanyahu non-committal on Palestinian statehood as he heads to U.S.
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sidestepped a question on whether he still supports the creation of a Palestinian state as he left for the United States on Monday on his first visit since President Donald Trump took offi…
Exclusive: After Islamic State defeat, broken Iraqi farmers weigh heavy losses
QARAQOSH, Iraq/ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Sami Yuhanna was making a decent living as a wheat farmer until a jihadist put a gun to his head and declared his land in Iraq’s Nineveh province the property of Islamic State.
Islamic State leadership targeted in air strike, Baghdadi fate unclear: Iraqi military
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iraqi airforce carried out a strike on a house where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was thought to be meeting other commanders, the Iraqi military said on Monday, without making clear whether he had been hit.
Analysis: Baghdad’s bloody protests mark resumption of Shi’ite power struggle
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Bloody protests in Baghdad over the weekend by followers of influential cleric Moqtada al-Sadr signal the resumption of a power struggle between Iraq’s Shi’ite leaders which had been put on hold to focus on the war against Islamic S…
Italy’s ex-pm Renzi calls leadership contest for his PD party
ROME (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Monday he wanted to hold a leadership contest in his ruling Democratic Party (PD), looking for a showdown with his many critics in the group ahead any parliamentary elections.
Polish PM to remain in hospital for next several days: government spokesman
WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s Prime Minister Beata Szydlo is recovering quickly from a car crash last week but will remain in hospital for the next few days, the government spokesman said on Monday.
