Mexicans who help build Trump wall ‘traitors,’ top Archdiocese says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexicans who help build U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned border wall would be acting immorally and should be deemed traitors, the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico said on Sunday, turning up the heat on a simmering dispute ove…
Northeast Australia braces for cyclone, thousands flee to higher ground
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Thousands of Australians fled their homes on Monday as a powerful cyclone bore down on coastal towns in Queensland, where authorities urged 30,000 people to evacuate low lying areas most at risk from tidal surges and winds of up to 3…
Sudan says cooperating with Chad and France over kidnapped Frenchman
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan is working with Chadian and French authorities on the case of a French citizen who was kidnapped in Chad and taken into Sudan, Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour told state news agency SUNA on Sunday.
Bahrain breaks Iran-linked ‘terrorist’ cell behind bus attack: report
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain said on Sunday it had broken an Iranian-linked “terrorist cell” suspected of involvement in a bomb attack on a police bus in February and plotting to assassinate senior officials, state news agency BNA reported.
Britain’s May meets Sturgeon after blocking new independence bid
EAST KILBRIDE, Scotland (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday held her first meeting with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon since blocking Scotland’s bid for a second independence referendum.
Syrian opposition ‘fed up with terrorists’, seeks help against Assad
GENEVA (Reuters) – The Syrian opposition rejects terrorism and is “fed up” with banned militants but they cannot be stopped if Syria continues evicting populations of besieged areas, opposition negotiator Basma Kodmani said on Sunday.
Britain’s May to set out plans to reclaim legislative sovereignty
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will set out how her government plans to restore sovereignty over Britain’s laws on Thursday, publishing a detailed paper on ending “the supremacy of EU lawmakers”.
Nearly 1,200 migrants picked up off Libya, heading to Italy
ROME (Reuters) – Humanitarian ships rescued almost 1,200 migrants who were crossing the Mediterranean Sea at the weekend on an array of small, tightly packed boats, Doctors Without Borders said on Sunday.
Fresh election or direct rule looms as Northern Ireland talks fall apart
BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland could be set for a fresh election or a return to direct British rule of the province after the two main parties in negotiations to form a new government said on Sunday that talks had run their course without success…
U.S.-backed forces capture Islamic State-held airport near Euphrates dam
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – A U.S.-backed Syrian alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias on Sunday took a military airport in northern Syria held by Islamic State, close to the country’s largest dam that may be in danger of collapse.
