Swiss avalanche kills four skiers from Germany
Four ski trekkers from Germany have died in an avalanche in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland, police in Valais canton said on Sunday.
Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed in gun battle
The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago, police sources and a relative of the suicide bombers told Reuters on Sunday.
New IRA says Brexit has provided it with opportunity: Sunday Times
Brexit has provided the militant Irish nationalist group that admitted killing journalist Lyra McKee with a chance to further its campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland, the Sunday Times quoted its leadership as saying.
UK government must move on Brexit red lines in talks with opposition: Labour
Talks between the British government and the opposition Labour Party aimed at finding a consensus over the way forward on Brexit have been productive but the government needs to move on its red lines, Labour’s business spokeswoman said on Sunday.
Ukrainians will reject Putin’s passport offer: President-elect
Russian President Vladimir Putin should not expect many Ukrainians to take up his offer of a Russian passport, Ukraine’s President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, while offering Ukrainian citizenship to Russians.
Thousands take to Hong Kong streets to protest new extradition laws
Tens of thousands of people marched on Hong Kong’s parliament on Sunday to demand the scrapping of proposed extradition rules that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial – a move which some fear puts the city’s core freedoms at risk….
Father, two brothers of Sri Lanka suicide bombings mastermind killed: relative, police sources
The father and two brothers of the suspected mastermind of Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings were killed when security forces stormed their safe house two days ago, police sources and a relative of the suicide bombers told Reuters on Sunday.
Rescuers rush to help as serious flooding starts in cyclone-hit Mozambique
Rescuers were moving in to help people trapped by rapidly rising floodwater in the northern Mozambique city of Pemba on Sunday, home to 200,000 people, a United Nations (U.N.) spokesman said, as Cyclone Kenneth dumped more rain on the region.
Iran says leaving nuclear treaty one of many choices after U.S. sanctions move
Quitting a treaty designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons is one of Iran’s “numerous choices” after the United States tightened sanctions on Tehran, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was on Sunday quoted as saying by state media.
Russian ‘siege’ chokes Syrian camp in shadow of U.S. base
It was only when his children began to starve that Abdullah al-Amour decided time had come to leave the sanctuary of Rukban camp with his family to face an uncertain fate back under Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
