France threatens to stop applying EU law on seconded workers
PARIS (Reuters) – The European Union should swiftly modify the regulation allowing pay differentials between seconded and local workers or France will stop applying it, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday.
Trudeau says Canada exploring gender-neutral identity cards: TV
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada is exploring gender-neutral options on identity cards, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told local television station CP24 on Sunday at a Toronto gay pride parade.
Iraq’s Shi’ite militiamen stir unease in Sunni Falluja
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) – A highway overpass in central Falluja, from which Islamic State militants hanged a captured Iraqi soldier last year, bears the marks of the city’s latest victors, including a slogan scrawled in green spray paint: “The state of…
Eight Cuba volleyball players detained in Finland over suspected rape
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Eight Cuba national team volleyball players have been detained over a suspected rape in Finland, police said on Sunday.
Two-state Israeli-Palestinian solution slipping away: U.N. official
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is slipping away, the U.N. special coordinator for Middle East peace warned on Sunday, after both sides shrugged off criticism by international mediators.
Top candidates to lead Britain differ on Brexit urgency
LONDON (Reuters) – Two leading contenders to be the next British prime minister disagreed publicly on Sunday on how quickly negotiations should be triggered to plan a departure from the European Union.
Senator McCain, visiting Pakistan, seeks better ties in Islamist fight
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – U.S. Senator John McCain said on Sunday he would like relations between United States and Pakistan to improve as they have a common enemy in the Islamic State and other radical Islamist groups.
Syria’s Assad keeps key portfolios in new cabinet line-up
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, fighting a civil war that has ruined the country economically and fragmented it regions, issued a decree to form a new cabinet on Sunday that kept key ministers in place.
Chinese man sentenced to death for bus blaze
BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in northern China on Sunday sentenced a man to death for starting a bus fire in January that killed 18 people, the government said.
In sign of progress, Libya’s rival NOC oil companies agree to merge
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s state energy company National Oil Corporation has agreed to merge with a rival company established in the east by one of the country’s two former competing governments, the NOC said in a statement.
