Japan PM campaigns on ‘stability’ ticket as Brexit rocks markets
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, stumping for a July upper house election, is warning voters against casting their ballots for the opposition at a time when world financial markets are in turmoil after Britain’s shock vote to leav…
UK will retain access to the EU single market: Brexit leader Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will continue to have access to the European Union’s single market despite voting to leave the bloc, leading Brexit campaigner and favorite to become the country’s next prime minister Boris Johnson said in a newspaper article…
Spanish vote delivers more uncertainty for Europe after Brexit
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish elections delivered a hung parliament for the second time in six months on Sunday, adding to political uncertainty in Europe after last week’s shock Brexit vote and piling intense pressure on Spain’s warring politicians to fo…
For single women in India’s Maharashtra, owning land can be the difference between life and death
OSMANABAD, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rajshree Gungoo, a chatty 27-year-old with a quick smile, speaks up at a gathering of about 40 women discussing the challenges facing single women in India’s western Maharashtra state.
CIA weapons for Syrian rebels sold to arms black market: NYT
(Reuters) – Weapons shipped into Jordan for Syrian rebels by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia were stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, the New York Times reported, citing American …
Gunmen release expatriate contractors kidnapped in Niger Delta: police
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Seven contractors, including three Australians and a South African, have been released four days after they were kidnapped by gunmen in southern Nigeria, officials said.
Australian independent Xenophon could play kingmaker in election
SYDNEY (Reuters) – One of Australia’s poorest states is emerging as an unlikely key battleground in July 2 elections that could hand the balance of power to a folksy independent senator and threaten the government’s economic agenda.
Israel and Turkey agree to normalize ties: officials
JERUSALEM/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Israel and Turkey on Sunday reached agreement to normalize ties, senior officials from both countries said, to end a rift over the Israeli navy’s killing of 10 Turkish pro-Palestinian activists who tried to sail to the bl…
Scots against second independence referendum despite Brexit vote: poll
LONDON (Reuters) – The Scots do not think there should be a second independence referendum, a poll showed on Sunday, days after Britain voted to leave the European Union despite strong Scottish support for remaining a member of the bloc.
Islamic State claims deadly Jordan border attack on Tuesday: statement
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Islamic State claimed a suicide bomb attack launched from inside Syria on Tuesday that killed seven Jordanian border guards, its news agency Amaq said on Sunday.
