Kurds and Shi’ites clash in northern Iraq despite ceasefire
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) – Clashes between Kurdish and Shi’ite Turkmen fighters in an Iraqi town late on Monday cut the main road from Baghdad to the north for the second day in a row and threatened to undermine a ceasefire agreement reached by military …
U.N. calls North Korea’s missile test ‘extremely troubling’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – North Korea’s submarine-launched ballistic missile test is “extremely troubling” and the United Nations urges Pyongyang to “cease any further provocative action,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday.
Betting odds move sharply toward Britain staying in EU after Obama warning
LONDON (Reuters) – Bookmakers’ odds have shifted sharply toward Britain voting to remain in the European Union in a referendum in June, a move in sentiment also reflected by the pound rising on Monday to a near six-week high against the euro.
U.N. envoy says war goals in Iraq obscuring humanitarian crisis
GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. human rights envoy said on Monday Iraq was being run by a failed government and warned foreign powers not to be “complicit” in its neglect of the plight of normal Iraqis.
Large majority of U.S. Senate pushes Obama to boost Israel aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than four-fifths of the U.S. Senate have signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to quickly reach an agreement on a new defense aid package for Israel worth more than the current $3 billion per year.
Driven up the wall by Trump, Mexico looks to recast image in U.S.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At first, Mexico’s government did its best to ignore Donald Trump. Then it likened him to Adolf Hitler. Now it has appointed a new ambassador to come up with a better plan.
Jordan’s Queen Rania visits refugees on Greek island of Lesbos
LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – Queen Rania of Jordan met refugees at a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday in a visit to highlight the plight of people she said had “seen unspeakable horror and experienced unthinkable tragedy”.
Danish government ally, eyeing UK, urges referendum on EU ties
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark should consider holding a referendum on its relations with the European Union, a key ally of the country’s minority government said on Monday, as Britain prepares to vote on June 23 on whether to leave the 28-nation bloc….
Saudi prince unveils sweeping plans to end ‘addiction’ to oil
RIYADH (Reuters) – The powerful young prince overseeing Saudi Arabia’s economy unveiled ambitious plans on Monday aimed at ending the kingdom’s “addiction” to oil and transforming it into a global investment power.
South Africa’s ANC to sue Malema over threat to take up arms
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) said on Monday it would sue opposition politician Julius Malema after he threatened to remove President Jacob Zuma’s government with the “barrel of a gun”.
