China to strengthen Communist Party’s role in non-govt bodies
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has issued new rules demanding the establishment of Communist Party panels in non-government bodies, aiming to beef up the ruling party’s role in such social groups, amid a broad crackdown on civil society.
Chileans step up pension reform demands with nationwide protests
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Chileans took to the streets throughout the country on Sunday, seeking to increase pressure on the government to throw out Chile’s private pension system in favor of one that would provide better retirement…
Kerry, African ministers to meet on South Sudan violence, Somalia
NAIROBI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and counterparts from eight African nations meet in Nairobi on Monday to discuss ways to prevent South Sudan from sliding back into civil war and advance a political transition in Somalia.
Italy to hold elections in 2018 whatever referendum outcome: Renzi
MARINA DI PIETRASANTA, Italy (Reuters) – Italians will vote in new general elections in 2018 no matter how a referendum on constitutional reform turns out later this year, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Sunday.
Syrian rebels prepare to attack Islamic State town from Turkey
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian rebels are preparing to launch an attack to seize a town from Islamic State on the border with Turkey, a senior rebel said on Sunday, in a move that would frustrate Kurdish hopes to expand in the area.
Show of European unity: Merkel, Hollande, Renzi meet to discuss gameplan
NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany, France and Italy will meet on Monday to discuss how to keep the European project together in the second set of talks between the premiers of the euro zone’s three largest economies since Britain’s shock…
Yemen’s ex-president says could work with Russia to ‘fight terrorism’
DOHA (Reuters) – A newly-formed governing council in Yemen could work with Russia to “fight terrorism” by allowing Moscow use of the war-torn country’s military bases, Yemen’s former president said on Sunday.
Philippines’ Duterte threatens to quit U.N. after drugs war censure
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte railed against the United Nations on Sunday after it called for an end to the wave of killings unleashed by his war on drugs, saying he might leave the organization and invite China and others to …
Twin suicide bombs claimed by al Shabaab kill 20 people in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – More than 20 people were killed on Sunday when suicide bombers from the militant al Shabaab group detonated two car bombs at a local government headquarters in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, witnesses and officials sai…
Singapore PM Lee briefly taken ill during National Day rally
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong took ill while delivering a National Day rally speech on Sunday but returned to the stage after about an hour’s break.
