Politics and religion disrupt Israeli train services
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Politics and religion combined on Sunday to halt much of Israel’s train service at the start of its working week.
Mali president fires defense minister after gunmen seize village
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has fired Defence Minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly after suspected Islamist militants briefly seized the village of Boni in the center of the country on Friday, state television said late on Sa…
Fuel tanker, bus collision in Afghanistan kills 38, injures 28
KABUL (Reuters) – At least 38 people were killed and 28 were injured in Afghanistan after a fuel tanker collided with a passenger bus, causing a massive explosion, local officials said on Sunday.
Turkish tanks roll into Syria, opening new line of attack
ELBEYLI, Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkey and its rebel allies opened a new line of attack in northern Syria on Saturday, as Turkish tanks rolled across the border and Syrian fighters swept in from the west to take villages held by Islamic State.
Libyan forces report further progress against Islamic State holdouts in Sirte
MISRATA, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan forces said they had advanced against some of Islamic State’s last holdouts in Sirte on Saturday as fighting resumed after several days of relative calm.
China says should constructively handle disputes with India
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday that the two countries should respect each other’s concerns and constructively handle their differences.
Turkey will accept delay in EU visa liberalization to year-end: German paper
BERLIN (Reuters) – Turkey is now willing to accept the liberalization of travel visa rules with the European Union by the end of the year instead of October, as previously targeted, the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag said on Sunday, citing senior Tur…
U.S., China ratify Paris climate deal, setting stage for G20
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – China and the United States ratified the Paris agreement to cut climate-warming emissions on Saturday, marking a major step toward the enactment of the pact as early as the end of the year and setting the stage for other cou…
Displaced South Sudanese appeal to U.N. to urgently send more troops
JUBA (Reuters) – Displaced civilians and religious leaders in war-torn South Sudan appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Saturday to urgently deploy extra foreign troops as government ministers questioned whether more peacekeepers were needed in the…
Venezuela’s Maduro jeered, dozens briefly detained: activists
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities briefly rounded up more than 30 people on Margarita island for heckling President Nicolas Maduro, activists said on Saturday, in what appeared to be a rare public confrontation with the unpopular leader.
