Connecticut governor honored for welcoming Syrian refugees
BOSTON (Reuters) – Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy was honored on Sunday by the family of John F. Kennedy for embracing Syrian refugees at a time when other U.S. leaders sought to turn them away.
France, U.S. target Islamic State with two strikes in Iraq
PARIS (Reuters) – French and U.S. jets destroyed an Islamic State site in Iraq used by the hardline Sunni Muslim insurgents to build large quantities of bombs and vehicles for suicide attacks, the French Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
Hooded youths clash with police in Paris over labor law
PARIS (Reuters) – Hooded youths clashed with police in Paris on Sunday during a May Day rally against planned labor reforms, while the government insisted it would not withdraw the bill which is due to be debated in parliament later this week.
Colombia captures alleged Peruvian drug trafficker ‘Caracol’
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian police have captured alleged Peruvian drug kingpin Gerson Aldair Galvez Calle, known by his alias ‘Caracol,’ Colombia’s defense minister, Luis Carlos Villegas, said on Sunday.
German official denies report on foreign policy shift on Israel
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German government official denied on Sunday a magazine report which said Berlin might end its unconditional support for Israel due to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s increasing frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s polici…
Kurdish militants claim suicide bombing in Turkey’s Bursa: website
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), an offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, said on Sunday it carried out a suicide bombing in the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa last week.
Kazakh leader evokes Ukraine as land protests spread
ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, facing a growing wave of protests against planned changes to land ownership, evoked the image of war-torn Ukraine on Sunday as he called for national unity.
Pope condemns pedophilia as details of girl’s death shock Italy
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis called for “severe punishment” for pedophiles on Sunday after new details emerged in Italy of the 2014 death of a six-year-old girl who is alleged to have been thrown from an eighth-storey balcony by her abuser.
Anti-immigrant AfD says Muslims not welcome in Germany
STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) – Members of the anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday backed an election manifesto that says Islam is not compatible with the constitution and calls for a ban on minarets and the burqa.
Islamic State suicide attacks kill 32 in southern Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Two suicide car bombs claimed by Islamic State killed at least 32 people and wounded 75 others in the center of the southern Iraqi city of Samawa on Sunday, police and medics said.
