Iran top leader Khamenei praises high turnout in elections: media
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the high turnout in elections for parliament and the Assembly of Experts, in his first comment since Friday’s twin contests, Iranian media reported on Sunday.
Irish instability looms as rival parties doubt coalition prospects
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s political stalemate following an inconclusive national election deepened on Sunday after senior figures in the two biggest parties expressed opposition to forming together what looks like the only viable coalition governmen…
Italy prepares new adoption law including gay couples, opposition firm
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government is working on a new law on adopting children, to include gay couples, after cutting a controversial adoption provision from a bill on civil unions last week, a prominent minister said on Sunday.
Hungarian PM vows to resist EU’s ‘misguided’ migrant policy
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban condemned on Sunday the European Union’s failure to get to grips with its migrant crisis and vowed to resist pressure to take in more migrants, saying they would bring crime, terrorism and othe…
Turkey has foiled 18 suicide attacks so far this year: interior minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish security forces have foiled 18 suicide attacks since the start of the year, three of them by intercepting vehicles planned for use as car bombs, Interior Minister Efkan Ala said in an interview with the Kanal 7 television s…
U.S., allies conduct 24 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies conducted 24 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said in a statement on Sunday.
Militiamen clash with guards at Yemen presidential palace: official
ADEN (Reuters) – Yemeni militiamen clashed with soldiers guarding the presidential palace in the southern Yemeni city of Aden on Sunday, a local official and residents said, in a rare confrontation between the previously allied forces.
Pope urges united response to refugee ‘drama’, hopeful for Syria
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis called on Sunday for a united response to help flows of people into Europe fleeing war and suffering, as the region argues over sharing the burden of looking after them.
Egyptian lawmaker attacked with shoe for dining with Israeli ambassador
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian lawmaker Tawfik Okasha was attacked in parliament on Sunday, with one colleague hurling a shoe at him and others demanding he be suspended after he invited the Israeli ambassador for dinner.
Yemen says Aden airport to reopen in weeks after refurbishment
DUBAI (Reuters) – Aden airport is expected to reopen fully for commercial traffic within weeks, Yemen’s information minister said, a move that would shore up confidence in the ability of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s government to control the vola…
