Iraqi army storms to edge of Islamic State-held Falluja; fresh bombings hit Baghdad
SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) – The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under U.S. air support on Monday and captured a police station inside the city limits, launching a direct assault to retake one of the main stronghol…
Earthquake measuring 6.1 shakes parts of Taiwan, including capital
TAIPEI (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 shook parts of Taiwan on Tuesday and was felt in the capital, Taipei, residents and officials said, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
Netanyahu says willing to discuss Arab initiative for peace with Palestinians
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Monday of reviving a 2002 Arab peace initiative that offers Israel diplomatic recognition from Arab countries in return for a statehood deal with the Palestinians….
France’s Hollande holds ground on contested labor reform bill
PARIS (Reuters) – President Francois Hollande said there was no turning back on a bill to loosen France’s rigid labor regulations and that the principles behind the most contentious proposal handing firms more scope to negotiate working conditions must…
Brother of Paris attacker on trial over militant training
PARIS (Reuters) – Seven people went on trial in Paris on Monday accused of traveling to Syria to train as militant fighters, among them the brother of one of the militants who killed 130 people in the French capital last November.
Saudi says intercepts and destroys ballistic missile from Yemen
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia has intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Yemen and a Saudi-led military coalition said in a statement late on Monday it may be forced to reconsider a truce that has been place since April.
Good morning, North Korea! Defector preaches dangers of cult worship
SEOUL (Reuters) – For an hour each day, Kim Chung-seong, a defector from North Korea and a Christian missionary, takes to the microphone in a small Seoul studio.
El Salvador gang truce mediator released from detention
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – El Salvador released on Monday Raul Mijango, the mediator of a controversial gang truce who was arrested in early May, but the legal proceedings against him will continue, authorities said.
China’s Xi says hopes to get Philippines ties back on track
BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes to get relations with the Philippines back on track, President Xi Jinping has told new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, after ties were affected by an increasingly bitter spat over territorial claims in the South Ch…
Brazil’s anti-corruption minister quits over leaked recordings
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Transparency Minister Fabiano Silveira resigned on Monday after leaked recordings suggested he tried to derail a sprawling corruption probe, the latest cabinet casualty impacting interim President Michel Temer’s administra…
