French PM says to stick to reforms despite party heckles
LA ROCHELLE, France (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told ruling Socialist party members on Sunday he would stick to pro-business reforms, despite heckling and booing by activists showing the divisions over economic policy.
Sudan’s Bashir to visit China despite international arrest warrant
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is expected to travel to China on Monday for a four-day visit, the foreign ministry said, defying an international warrant for his arrest.
Four civilians, two police officers killed in attacks in southeast Turkey
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – A child, three other civilians and two police officer were killed in violence in southeast Turkey on Sunday following the breakdown of a ceasefire between the government and Kurdish militants.
Islamic State targeted in 22 airstrikes in Iraq, Syria: U.S. Military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and its allies staged 15 airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and seven in Syria since early Saturday, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement on Sunday.
Iran jails two people for 10 years on espionage charges
DUBAI (Reuters) – A Revolutionary Court in Iran has sentenced two people to 10 years each in jail on charges of spying for the United States and Israel, the judiciary spokesman said on Sunday without naming those convicted.
Irish government says Sinn Fein must help ensure IRA put ‘out of business’
DUBLIN (Reuters) – The Irish government has called on Sinn Fein to help ensure the Irish Republican Army is put “firmly out of business” after police in Northern Ireland said the party’s former military wing might have been involved in a recent murder….
Thousands troop to Philippine highway for third night in Church protest
MANILA (Reuters) – Traffic came to almost a halt at a busy intersection of Manila’s main highway on Sunday as thousands of members of a Christian group occupied the road for a third night in a row to protest alleged intrusion by the government in churc…
Migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast, kills at least seven: official
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A boat carrying migrants sank off Libya’s Mediterranean coast, killing at least seven people, a local official said on Sunday, the second such fatal accident within days.
Hungarian police detain fifth suspect for migrant deaths in truck
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian police said on Sunday they had arrested a fifth suspect, a Bulgarian citizen, in connection with the deaths of 71 migrants whose bodies were found in an abandoned refrigeration truck on a highway in Austria last week.
After autopsies on refugees found in truck, Austrian police presume they suffocated
VIENNA (Reuters) – Forensic examiners have performed autopsies on 16 of the 71 bodies of refugees found dead in an abandoned refrigeration truck on an Austrian highway and presumed they suffocated, Austrian police said on Sunday.
