Rescuers recover 17 bodies, pick up 1,128 boat migrants
ROME (Reuters) – An Irish navy ship recovered 17 dead bodies on Thursday when it went to the aid of migrants packed onto a wooden boat off the coast of Libya, Italy’s coastguard said, marking another deadly day of attempted sea crossings.
Father of EU divorce clause demands tough stance on British exit
ROME (Reuters) – A former Italian premier who wrote the European Union divorce clause that Britain is poised to trigger said on Thursday that Brussels should offer no concessions to London in looming negotiations to quit the trading bloc.
South Sudan’s president asks vice president to return to capital
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s president wants his vice president to return to the capital to try to salvage a peace agreement that was jeopardized by fighting earlier this month between forces loyal to the two long-time rivals.
Cuba objects to U.S. lawmakers’ attempts to stop flights
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba on Thursday objected to attempts by a small group of U.S. lawmakers to prevent scheduled flights between the two countries from going ahead on security grounds, underscoring its longstanding cooperation with U.S. authorities on …
Kenyan police kill two suspected members of Somalia’s al Shabaab
MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) – Police in Kenya’s port city of Mombasa on Thursday shot and killed two men they said were wanted fighters belonging to the Somali al Shabaab group, a senior officer said.
France orders inquiry into policing on night of Nice attack
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s government said on Thursday it had ordered an inquiry into policing on the night of last week’s deadly truck attack in Nice in a bid to dispel mounting criticism of security arrangements.
Zimbabwe to pay army, police late as cash crisis deepens
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe will pay July salaries for the army on Monday, more than a week late, but teachers will only receive their wages next month, a union official said, as the government grapples with an acute currency shortage.
‘Mission Impossible’: Tight Brexit timeline unsettles Germans
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and fellow European leaders are pressing the new British government to trigger divorce proceedings with the European Union as soon as possible.
Syrian opposition calls for suspension of U.S.-led air strikes
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition called for a suspension of the U.S.-led air campaign against Islamic State in Syria while reports of dozens of civilian deaths from air strikes around the northern city of Manbij a…
U.S. envoy says liberation of Mosul from Islamic State ‘now in sight’
BERLIN (Reuters) – Brett McGurk, the United States’ envoy to the coalition against Islamic State, on Thursday said the liberation of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State was now an achievable goal and had to be prepared carefully.
