U.S., South Korea set delayed military drills; North Korea urges end to pressure
The United States and South Korea will begin small-scale military drills on Monday that were delayed during talks with North Korea, days after Pyongyang threatened to restart work on its nuclear program if international pressure does not ease.
Egypt says 19 militants killed in security operation after attack on Christians
Egyptian security forces killed 19 Islamist militants from a cell believed to be responsible for an attack on Christians in Minya province in central Egypt in which seven people died, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
After rest, Macron faces rush of World War One memorials, diplomacy
President Emmanuel Macron faces a week of historic commemoration and intense diplomacy as he prepares to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One and host more than 60 world leaders at a peace gathering in Paris.
Myanmar by-election results ‘a lesson’ for Suu Kyi’s party
Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) expects to have won only seven of 13 seats up for grabs in by-elections, a spokesman said on Sunday, conceding that Myanmar’s ruling party needed to do more for voters from ethnic minorities.
Merkel’s conservatives quarrel over party’s course once she steps down
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) argued on Sunday over whether they should return to a more conservative agenda once she steps down as party chair as contenders to succeed her gear up for the leadership race.
Italian storms claim more victims as death toll rises to at least 29
At least 12 people have been killed by severe weather on the island of Sicily, bringing the overall death toll from the storms sweeping Italy to 29, officials said on Sunday.
‘No’ vote well ahead in New Caledonia independence referendum
The French archipelago of New Caledonia in the South Pacific voted 59.5 percent against independence from France in a referendum on Sunday, with two thirds of the ballots counted, local TV station NC La 1ere reported on its website.
Indonesia extends search for jet crash victims, second black box
Indonesian authorities on Sunday extended by three days the search for victims and a black box from the wreckage of a Lion Air passenger jet that crashed near Jakarta last week, killing all 189 people on board.
Qatar reshuffles cabinet, boards of Qatar Petroleum and Qatar Investment Authority
Qatar named the head of its largest bank as the new trade minister and restructured the boards of its state-run energy firm and sovereign wealth fund amongst other changes in a top-level shake-up on Sunday.
UK PM May’s former senior adviser, Jeremy Heywood, dies aged 56
Jeremy Heywood, the former head of Britain’s civil service and a senior adviser to Prime Minister Theresa May on implementing Brexit, died aged 56 on Sunday following illness, May’s office said in a statement.
