Top candidates to lead Britain differ on Brexit urgency
LONDON (Reuters) – Two leading contenders to be the next British prime minister disagreed publicly on Sunday on how quickly negotiations should be triggered to plan a departure from the European Union.
Senator McCain, visiting Pakistan, seeks better ties in Islamist fight
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain said on Sunday he would like relations between United States and Pakistan to improve as they have a common enemy in the Islamic State and other radical Islamist groups.
Syria’s Assad keeps key portfolios in new cabinet line-up
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, fighting a civil war that has ruined the country economically and fragmented it regions, issued a decree to form a new cabinet on Sunday that kept key ministers in place.
Chinese man sentenced to death for bus blaze
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in northern China on Sunday sentenced a man to death for starting a bus fire in January that killed 18 people, the government said.
In sign of progress, Libya’s rival NOC oil companies agree to merge
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s state energy company National Oil Corporation has agreed to merge with a rival company established in the east by one of the country’s two former competing governments, the NOC said in a statement.
China to hold drills in South China Sea ahead of court ruling
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will hold military drills around the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, the maritime safety administration said on Sunday, ahead of a decision by an international court in a dispute between China and the Philippi…
Nusra captures leader, fighters of Western-backed rebels in northern Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria’s al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has abducted the commander of the Western-backed Jaish al-Tahrir brigade, along with several of his aides and scores of fighters in coordinated raids in northern Syria, Jaish al Tahrir said on Sunda…
Brexit vote makes united Ireland suddenly thinkable
BELFAST (Reuters) – Protestant unionists are queuing for Irish passports in Belfast and once quiet Catholic nationalists are openly campaigning for a united Ireland, signs of deep shifts in the United Kingdom’s most troubled province since Britain vote…
At least six dead after Russian plane on fire-fighting mission crashes in Siberia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least six people have died after a Russian plane on a fire-fighting mission crashed in Siberia, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday.
Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel dies at 87
(Reuters) – Activist and writer Elie Wiesel, the World War Two death camp survivor who won a Nobel Peace Prize for becoming the life-long voice of millions of Holocaust victims, died on Saturday. He was 87.
