One Turkish soldier killed, five wounded in northeast Syria: ministry
One Turkish military personnel was killed and five were wounded in Syria’s Ras Al-Ayn region after a rocket and mortar attack by Kurdish YPG militia, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said on Sunday.
Booker Prize winner Evaristo hopes to build ties with African and British readers
Author Bernardine Evaristo hopes her Booker Prize-winning novel will help to alter perceptions of black British people among African readers and Britons she sees as grappling with heightened racial tension.
Top U.S. negotiator in Kabul to brief Afghan government
U.S. President Donald Trump’s top negotiator for Afghanistan was in Kabul on Sunday to brief the Afghan president on peace efforts on his first trip back since Trump ended talks with the Taliban aimed at ending America’s longest war.
Iran was informed of IS leader Baghdadi’s death: Iranian officials tell Reuters
Iran was informed by sources in Syria that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed, two Iranian officials told Reuters on Sunday.
U.S. targeted Islamic State’s al-Baghdadi: official
The United States has carried out an operation targeting Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a U.S. official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Australian serial killer Milat dies in prison nearly 30 years after backpacker murders
Ivan Milat, one of Australia’s worst convicted serial killers, has died in prison after spending 23 years behind bars for the murders of seven backpackers in the late 1980s and early 1990s, authorities said on Sunday.
Beijing’s new $63 billion mega-airport begins international flights
Beijing’s new $63 billion Daxing airport began its first scheduled international flights on Sunday as it ramped up operations to help relieve pressure on the city’s existing Capital airport.
Honduran inmate who linked president’s brother to drug deals killed
An alleged drug dealer with knowledge of drug shipments involving a brother of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez convicted this month for drug trafficking, was killed on Saturday in prison, his lawyer said.
Chile´s embattled Pinera promises cabinet shake-up to quell mass protests
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Saturday added a major cabinet reshuffle to a growing list of reforms he has promised to tame inequality and quell mass protests that have rocked the South American nation.
Bolivia’s Morales vows second-round vote if fraud found in election, threatens siege of cities
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday vowed to hold a run-off election if fraud is found in a vote count that gave him an outright win, but warned his rural base would siege cities if they keep protesting his disputed re-election to a fourth term….
