Arson suspected in fire at Swedish asylum center
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish police have opened an arson investigation into a fire at an asylum center in southern Stockholm early on Sunday which damaged a building and led 37 residents to be evacuated.
Floods kill 21 people in Vietnam, next storm due soon
HANOI (Reuters) – At least 21 people have been killed by floods in Vietnam’s four central provinces in the past week and eight are still missing, the government said on Sunday amid preparations for another tropical storm to hit the country.
Congo delays presidential vote to 2018, opposition plans strike
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s ruling coalition and other smaller parties have agreed to delay next month’s elections to April 2018 – a move that will anger opposition groups who have accused the president of trying to cling onto po…
All talks participants agreed Syrians must decide own future: Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said all participants in talks in Lausanne had agreed Syrians should decide their own future through inclusive dialogue and that the country should remain whole and secular, after the meeting ended without a breakthrough.
Russia’s Putin says progress needed before Berlin meeting on Ukraine
GOA, India (Reuters) – A planned round of talks between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany in Berlin on the Ukrainian peace process will be possible only if experts make progress in dialogue, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.
Top Brexiteer Boris Johnson penned arguments for staying in EU: report
LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson, who campaigned prominently for Britain to leave the European Union ahead of a June referendum, argued in favor of remaining in the bloc in an unpublished newspaper column two days before backing Brexit, according to a …
UK lawmakers press Theresa May to allow a vote on EU strategy
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers from across the political spectrum will press their bid to force Prime Minister Theresa May to give parliament a vote on her negotiating strategy for leaving the European Union, saying she had no mandate for a “hard…
Turkey’s Erdogan says Iraq cannot handle Mosul assault alone
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Iraq could not deal alone with driving Islamic State from the city of Mosul and that the presence of Turkish forces in a nearby military camp was an insurance against attacks o…
China to launch manned space mission Shenzhou 11 on Monday
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will launch a two-man space mission, Shenzhou 11, on Monday, officials with the space program said, taking the country closer to its ambition of setting up a permanent manned space station by 2022.
Looting near U.N. base in Haiti; Ban promises more aid
LES CAYES (Reuters) – Haitians desperate for relief from hunger and sickness in the wake of Hurricane Matthew looted United Nations trucks on Saturday during a short visit to a hard-hit port town by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who promised more…
