Germany’s ex-AfD leader sets up new eurosceptic party
BERLIN (Reuters) – Bernd Lucke, the founder of the eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party who was ousted in a recent leadership vote, set up a new party on Sunday.
Obama sends Iran deal to wary Congress, Israel urges rejection
TEHRAN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s administration sent a nuclear agreement with Tehran to Congress on Sunday and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. lawmakers to reject a deal he said would only feed an “Iranian ter…
Masons rebuild Timbuktu tombs after militant destruction
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Malian masons have rebuilt eight mausoleums destroyed by Islamist militants that took over the desert city of Timbuktu in 2012, the United Nations and Malian officials said.
U.S. aims to shift Israel focus to security ties after Iran deal
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said it plainly just before landing in Israel, where officials are fuming over the Iran nuclear deal: “I’m not going to change anybody’s mind in Israel. That’s not the purpose of my trip.”
Syria’s army says battles rebels near president’s homeland
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria’s army said on Sunday it had stepped up air strikes and retaken villages in a new offensive on Islamist insurgents in areas close to President Bashar al Assad’s ancestral homeland in the coastal province of Latakia.
Burundi talks suspended ahead of polls after government fails to show
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Peace talks to resolve Burundi’s violent political crisis ahead of polls next week were suspended on Sunday after the government side failed to show up, the mediator said.
Explosions hit Hamas, Islamic Jihad cars in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – Explosions destroyed six cars belonging to members of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad militant groups in Gaza City on Sunday, witnesses said, injuring no one but drawing threats of a response.
Houthi bombardment in Yemen’s Aden kills 43: exiled government
ADEN (Reuters) – A bombardment in Aden by the Houthi militia and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh killed 43 people and injured 173 on Sunday, the health ministry of Yemen’s exiled government said two days after declaring the city had…
Mexican kingpin’s home town stunned by ‘bad ass’ escape
BADIRAGUATO, Mexico (Reuters) – In Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s home town, some thought they were dreaming and others shed tears of joy when they heard the drug lord had broken out of Mexico’s top maximum security prison through a tunnel built into his …
Briton jailed in U.S. for supporting Taliban is released
LONDON (Reuters) – A British man who was last year sentenced by a U.S. court to 12-1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to running a website that supported the Taliban, has been released, his family said on Sunday.
