Shooter kills 11, himself in Brazil New Year’s party rampage
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A gunman stormed a house party and killed 11 people, including his former wife and 8-year-old son, before shooting himself in the head during a New Year’s party in the southeastern Brazilian city of Campinas late on Saturday….
Denmark police arrest daughter of President Park’s friend: media report
SEOUL (Reuters) – Danish police have arrested the daughter of South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s friend, Choi Soon-sil, who is at the center of an influence-peddling scandal that has engulfed Park’s government, South Korean broadcaster JTBC reporte…
Senator McCain says U.S. ‘must stand up to Vladimir Putin’
TBILISI/KIEV (Reuters) – Republican Senator John McCain said on Sunday the United States could only improve its relations with Russia by taking a tough stance with President Putin, calling for stronger sanctions against Moscow.
Seeking a trade, Israel to withhold bodies of Palestinian militants
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Sunday it will withhold the bodies of Palestinian militants killed in attacks against its citizens as it seeks to pressure the Islamist movement Hamas to return the remains of soldiers and hand back missing Israeli …
Islamic State claims bomb attack in Syria’s Tartous
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State said it carried out a bomb attack on the Syrian coastal city of Tartous that Syrian state media said killed two security officers.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth misses church again due to heavy cold
SANDRINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth missed a New Year’s Day church service on Sunday due to a heavy cold, Buckingham Palace said, a week after the 90-year-old monarch missed a Christmas Day service for the first time in decades.
Syrian warplanes strike near Damascus during fragile truce
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government warplanes resumed their bombardment of a rebel-held valley near Damascus on Sunday after nearly 24 hours with no air raids, a rebel official and monitors said, during the third day of a fragile ceasefire.
Hundreds of migrants try to storm border into Spain’s enclave of Ceuta
MADRID (Reuters) – At least 800 sub-Saharan African migrants tried to cross into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Sunday by storming a border fence, though most were eventually turned back, the Spanish and Moroccan governments sai…
U.S.-led coalition hit Islamic State mortar position in Mosul: Pentagon
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – An artillery strike by the U.S.-led coalition in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul struck a mortar position next to two empty school buildings that Islamic State had been using to target Iraqi security forces, the U.S. military s…
Kidnappers of Saudi judge already on list of wanted terrorists: ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) – Three men sought in connection with the abduction of a judge last month are already on a wanted list for their suspected involvement in terrorist attacks in eastern Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
