Kenya hospital wall collapses in heavy rain, killing six
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – At least six people, including four children, were killed in Kenya’s port city of Mombasa on Monday after a hospital wall collapsed under heavy rain, officials said.
Nations urge Trump to stay in Paris climate agreement
OSLO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Many nations urged U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to remain in the global agreement to combat climate change, even if he reduces the ambition of U.S. pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Indonesia to disband hardline Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is to disband an Islamist group that calls for a state based on sharia law, citing concern it undermines a secular state ideology in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country, officials said on Monday.
Besieged Syrians battle fuel shortages by recycling
DOUMA, Syria (Reuters) – For residents of besieged Douma, the daily struggle to survive involves not just avoiding the violence that has ravaged the Syrian town, but laboring to obtain scarce basic commodities.
Islamist suicide bomber kills at least eight in Somali capital
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into a cafe in central Mogadishu on Monday, killing at least eight people in an attack claimed by the Islamist militant group al Shabaab.
British PM May’s Conservatives open up record lead: ICM poll
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party has opened up the biggest lead on record for polls conducted by research firm ICM, suggesting it remains on course for a sweeping win in a national election in a month’s time.
Wooing Germany: Macron team debates euro zone reform tactics
BERLIN (Reuters) – In the days before Emmanuel Macron traveled to Berlin in March to meet Angela Merkel, people in his entourage debated what message he should send to the German chancellor.
Austrian court rules Facebook must delete ‘hate postings’
VIENNA (Reuters) – Facebook must remove postings deemed as hate speech, an Austrian court has ruled, in a legal victory for campaigners who want to force social media companies to combat online “trolling”.
Hundreds of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean over weekend: survivors
TRIPOLI/ROME (Reuters) – More than 200 migrants are feared to have died in the Mediterranean over the weekend, according to testimony from survivors, and several bodies, including that of an infant, have washed up on a Libyan beach.
Civilians complicate final phase of Mosul campaign: U.S. commander
SOUTHWEST OF MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The Islamic State fighters herded a group of civilians into a house in the city of Mosul and locked them inside as Iraqi forces advanced. Moments later, the militants entered through a window, lay low for a few minu…
