China claims success from ‘two-child’ policy as 2016 birth rates rise
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s decision to allow all couples to have two children instead of one has resulted in birth rates rising to the highest level since 2000, a government official said.
Gambians celebrate as West African troops enter capital after Jammeh flees
BANJUL/DAKAR (Reuters) – Gambians celebrated in the streets on Sunday after a West African regional military force entered the capital city of Banjul and took control of the presidential palace, the symbolic seat of ex-ruler Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year auth…
Syria’s warring sides gather for new attempt to break deadlock
ASTANA (Reuters) – Syria’s warring sides meet in Kazakhstan’s capital on Monday with Russia, Turkey and Iran, sponsors of the talks, trying to make progress towards a goal others have repeatedly failed to reach: an end to the six-year-old conflict.
Netanyahu says Trump invites him to Washington in February
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement on Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump had invited him to a meeting in Washington in February.
Policeman wounded in Northern Ireland shooting
BELFAST (Reuters) – A policeman was wounded in a shooting at a petrol station in north Belfast on Sunday evening, the police service of Northern Ireland said in a Twitter post.
Death toll at Italian hotel hit by avalanche rises to six, 23 still missing
PENNE, Italy (Reuters) – Italian rescue workers have found the dead body of a man in the wreckage of the hotel in central Italy that was buried in an avalanche last week, the Italian fire service said on Sunday, with 23 people were still missing as the…
Trump says call with Israel’s Netanyahu was ‘very nice’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said his phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday was “very nice.”
Rebel Socialist Hamon seen winning French primary first round: partial results
PARIS (Reuters) – Benoit Hamon, a former Socialist education minister on the left of the party, led in the first round of a primary to pick a Socialist presidential candidate on Sunday, with more moderate ex-prime minister Manuel Valls in second place,…
Iraqi general’s tour suggests tough fight ahead in west Mosul
MOSUL (Reuters) – Residents of east Mosul held up their children and took selfies with Iraqi counter-terrorism commander Lieutenant General Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi after his men cleared Islamic State fighters from their neighbourhoods.
Syrian rebels call on Russia to help defend ceasefire
ASTANA (Reuters) – A Syrian rebel group called on Russia to withstand pressure from Iran and the Syrian government to help ensure that a ceasefire agreed last month holds, the head of a delegation at peace talks told Reuters on Sunday.
