Colombia’s war-weary farmers head home amid hopes and fears
LA HORMIGA, Colombia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When gunfire and cylinder bombs erupted around their farmhouse, nestled in the jungle in Colombia’s southern Putumayo province, Jesus Alebio Portillo and his family took refuge under a bed and, trembl…
Colombian police seize 8 tonnes of cocaine near Panama border
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian national police confiscated 8 metric tons of cocaine along the border with Panama, the government said on Sunday, in what may be one of the largest seizures in the country in recent years.
Islamic State on the defensive, territory shrinking in Syria and Iraq: U.S. official
AMMAN (Reuters) – Islamic State has not gained significant ground since it took the Iraqi city of Ramadi a year ago, which it then lost in December, as the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and Syria has been helped by better intelligence and better equipped …
Egyptian court sentences six inmates to jail for killing Frenchman
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court sentenced six people to seven years each in prison on Sunday for beating to death a Frenchman in 2013 while they were all being held together in a Cairo police cell, a judicial source said.
Afghan minority Hazaras plan protest over power line route
KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of members of Afghanistan’s Hazara minority are expected to join protests in Kabul on Monday over a multi-million-dollar power line development that risks becoming a major political battleground for the government.
Eurovision win lifts spirits in Ukraine, raises eyebrows in Russia
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukrainian politicians hailed their country’s surprise weekend victory in the European Song Contest as a continent-wide endorsement in their smoldering conflict with Russia, while Moscow said the competition had been hijacked by …
Netanyahu tells France’s Ayrault he still opposes peace conference
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told France’s foreign minister on Sunday that Israel remained opposed to a French initiative for an international conference to try to revive peace talks.
Narrow majority of French back labor reform protests: poll
PARIS (Reuters) – A slim majority of French people are in favor of protests against a deeply contested labor reform the ruling Socialist Party is pushing through parliament, a poll showed on Sunday.
Turkish police seal off hotel to halt dissident opposition congress
ANKARA (Reuters) – Police sealed off a hotel in Ankara on Sunday, preventing dissidents in Turkey’s nationalist opposition from holding a party congress that could jeopardize President Tayyip Erdogan’s plans for more power.
Trump says Brexit wouldn’t impact potential UK-U.S. trade deal if he is president – ITV
LONDON (Reuters) – Presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Britain leaving the European Union would make no difference to a potential bilateral trade deal if he became president, according to an interview clip aired by broadc…
