Singapore’s rulers hope a nudge to the left will keep voters loyal
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – At breakfast time one day last week, Singapore government minister K. Shanmugam dropped in to a bustling food court to greet voters, listen to their grumbles and urge them to back the People’s Action Party (PAP) in this Friday’s g…
Mexico to re-investigate whether 43 students were burned in dump
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico will seek a new investigation into whether the 43 students who disappeared after being abducted by corrupt cops in southwest Mexico last year were burned in a dump, after an independent report dismissed the official accou…
Medevac plane with seven on board disappears off Senegal
DAKAR (Reuters) – A medical evacuation plane with seven people on board, including a French patient, disappeared off the coast of Senegal on Saturday night during a flight from Burkina Faso to Dakar, the Senegalese civil aviation authority said on Sund…
Kurdish militants claim deadly ambush, Turkish jets retaliate
ANKARA (Reuters) – Kurdish militants said on Sunday they had killed 15 soldiers in an attack on an army convoy in southeast Turkey, and a security source said the military responded with air strikes.
Saudi-led coalition jets kill 20 at a wake in Yemen: residents
SANAA (Reuters) – Jets belonging to a Saudi-led coalition killed at least 20 people at a wake in northern Yemen on Sunday, local tribesmen said, as warplanes pounded Houthis and other forces behind a missile strike that had killed dozens of Gulf Arab s…
EU, U.S. clinch data-sharing deal for security, terrorism cases: document
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and the United States have clinched a deal protecting personal data shared for law enforcement purposes such as terrorism investigations, according to a document seen by Reuters.
IMF chief urges Ukraine’s creditors to back debt restructuring plan
KIEV (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday lauded Ukraine’s economic progress and urged its creditors to join in a deal to restructure $18 billion of its sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt.
Thousands of Swedes rally in support of refugees
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Thousands of Swedes rallied in support of refugees on a square in the capital on Sunday, and Prime Minister Stefan Lofven told them it was time for other countries to do more to help tackle Europe’s migration crisis.
Israeli police commanders disciplined over Gay Pride stabbings
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Eleven Israeli police officers, including the chief of Jerusalem’s police and two district commanders, were disciplined on Sunday over a stabbing spree at the city’s Gay Pride parade by a Jewish zealot who had been flagged as a th…
Islamic State hit in 21 air strikes by U.S.-led coalition: statement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies carried out 21 air strikes on Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the Command Joint Task Force said in a statement on Sunday.
