Russia’s Lavrov says Syrian militants using ceasefires to regroup
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Syrian rebels had used temporary ceasefires in and around Aleppo to regroup and rearm.
Firecrackers spark stampede in French seaside town
PARIS (Reuters) – Firecrackers sparked panic in a Mediterranean seaside town late on Sunday, sending a stampede of people fleeing what they feared was a gun attack, injuring dozens, French media reported.
Islamic State says bus blast killed 50 fighters at Syria-Turkey crossing
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed a suicide bombing on a bus in Syria near the Atmeh border crossing with Turkey late on Sunday that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said killed at least 32 people.
Angry and THAAD: South Koreans shave heads to protest U.S. missile defense system
SEONGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – About 900 South Koreans shaved their heads on Monday to protest against a government decision to place a missile defense system designed to counter North Korean missile threats, in the southeastern county of Seongju.
Turkey expects Syrian Kurdish forces to withdraw after Manbij operation: minister
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey expects Syrian Kurdish fighters to withdraw east of the Euphrates river after they and other U.S.-backed forces seized control of the Syrian town of Manbij from Islamic State last week, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said o…
Germany urges Russia and Ukraine to ease tension over Crimea, keep talking
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister urged Russia and Ukraine on Monday to reduce tensions over Crimea and stick to the troubled Minsk peace accords as a way of ending hostilities in eastern Ukraine.
South Sudan’s president says not fighting U.N. over troops plan
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan is not fighting the United Nations over its plan to intervene to end fighting in the country, President Salva Kiir said on Monday, confirming a softer stance toward a U.N. vote to send in extra troops.
UK’s May is throwing full weight behind winning best Brexit deal: spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May is throwing the full weight of government behind her goal of winning the best Brexit deal for Britain but will not trigger the formal divorce procedure before the end of the year, her spokesman said on Mond…
Thailand avoids linking bloody insurgency to tourist site blasts
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Within hours of last week’s deadly bomb and arson attacks in Thailand, police and senior officials publicly ruled out any link to foreign militants and insisted the perpetrators, as yet unidentified, were homegrown.
South African baby-snatcher sentenced to 10 years in jail
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – A South African woman found guilty of kidnapping a newly-born baby was given a 10 year prison sentence on Monday, almost two decades after she snatched the child from her biological mother’s hospital bedside, a court official said.
