Peru president asks Trump to consider deporting wanted ex-leader
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski asked U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Sunday to consider deporting the Andean country’s fugitive ex-president, Alejandro Toledo, Kuczynski said in a statement.
Sudanese police finds explosive material in apartment after blast
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese security forces have found explosive materials and foreign passports in an apartment they raided on Sunday after a small blast detonated in South Khartoum, the Interior Ministry said.
Some Brazil police break strike following wave of homicides
VITORIA, Brazil (Reuters) – More than 1,200 police broke an eight-day strike Sunday in a coastal Brazilian state that had seen a dramatic increase in homicides during the stoppage, but where the violence is now receding.
France’s Fillon faces further legal process in fake work probe: report
PARIS/SAINT DENIS DE LA REUNION (Reuters) – France’s financial prosecutor is likely to take further legal steps this week in its investigation into allegations of fake work by presidential candidate Francois Fillon’s wife, a newspaper reported on Sunda…
Thousands continue protests against government in Romania
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Thousands of Romanians protested in Bucharest and other cities on Sunday against the Social Democrat government that tried to weaken a crackdown on corruption earlier this month.
White House official attacks court after legal setbacks on immigration
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A White House official on Sunday attacked a U.S. court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration as a “judicial usurpation of power” and said the administration was considering a range of options…
Germany rules out attack in Hamburg airport closure
HAMBURG (Reuters) – German authorities said on Sunday the leak of a corrosive substance through the air conditioning system at Hamburg airport was not an attack, adding that police were investigating the incident that forced the brief closure of the fa…
Italy’s Renzi set to trigger leadership race at ruling party meeting
ROME (Reuters) – Former Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi looks set to trigger a leadership contest at a meeting of his ruling Democratic Party (PD) on Monday which could delay the early election he has been pushing for since he was toppled as premie…
North Korea tests ballistic missile; U.S. to avoid escalation
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea early on Sunday, the first such test since U.S. President Donald Trump was elected, and his administration indicated that Washington would have a calibrated response to avo…
Syrian opposition picks delegation to Geneva talks
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s main opposition body on Sunday approved a new delegation to take part in Geneva peace talks later this month, which include Russian-backed blocs that have been critical of the armed insurgency against President Bashar al-Assa…
