Britain ‘steadfastly committed’ to Gibraltar: PM May
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is “steadfast” in its commitment to Gibraltar and will work with the territory on the southern tip of Spain to secure the best possible outcome from Brexit talks, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday.
Leader in Egyptian Islamic State affiliate killed in air raid
CAIRO (Reuters) – A leader in Islamic State’s Egyptian affiliate was killed in an air raid last month, the Egyptian military said on Sunday.
After historic week, Brexit dawns a shade warmer
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The week Britain filed for divorce from the European Union brought relief in London and Brussels that crockery was not smashed – far from it – but negotiators fear tantrums or even a breakdown once talks start.
Egypt court says decision to block transfer of Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia is void
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Court of Urgent Matters ruled that a judicial decision to block the transfer of two Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia is void, a judicial source and a lawyer told Reuters on Sunday.
Philippine government, communist rebels restart peace talks without truce
MANILA (Reuters) – Peace negotiations between the Philippine government and Maoist rebels started anew on Sunday in Oslo, but without any ceasefire and with both parties warning of continuing violence.
Twenty tortured, then murdered in Pakistan Sufi shrine: police
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Twenty people were tortured and then murdered with clubs and knives at a Pakistani Sufi shrine, the police said on Sunday, in an attack purportedly carried out by the shrine’s custodian and several accomplices.
Fire engulfs Dubai tower in city’s Downtown district
DUBAI (Reuters) – Firefighters brought a fire under control at a tower being built in Dubai’s Downtown district, authorities said on Sunday, the latest in a spate of fires to hit tall buildings in the emirate.
Three dead in northern Sweden bus accident: TT agency
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Three people were killed when a bus carrying around 50 school children and a few adults rolled over on a road in northern Sweden on Sunday, news agency TT said.
Spain eases opposition to an independent Scotland in EU
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain, at loggerheads with Britain over Gibraltar, appears to be easing its opposition to an independent Scotland in the European Union, saying it would not block such a move at least initially.
Filipino youth stage musical against Duterte’s deadly drugs war
MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine youth theater club staged a musical at a Manila park on Sunday, challenging President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs.
