NewsAFP NewsNorway rescuers airlift passengers off cruise ship in storm
Rescuers were working Sunday to airlift more than 1,300 passengers and crew off a cruise ship after it got into difficulty in rough seas off the Norwegian coast. The Viking Sky lost power and started drifting mid-afternoon Saturday in perilous waters two kilometres (1.2 miles) off More og Romsdal, prompting
NewsAFP NewsIsrael strikes Gaza after border bombs
Israeli aircraft targeted Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip early Sunday after Palestinians there threw explosive devices at the border fence during "riots", the army said. Also Sunday, the health ministry in Gaza announced the death of a Palestinian wounded previously in clashes with Israeli
NewsAFP NewsOutgoing Comoros leader Azali looks set to win new term
Polls opened Sunday in the tiny archipelago of Comoros, with President Azali Assoumani widely expected to win a new term in an election that rivals say has been hijacked. "I hope my choice will be respected," said Allaoui Elarif, 70. It is afterwards, at the election commission where I am
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Three of four engines on stricken Norway cruise ship restarted
A cruise ship that broke down in rough seas off the Norwegian coast with some 1,300 passengers and crew on board has restarted three of its four engines and will be towed to port, emergency services said Sunday. "Three of the four engines are now working which means the boat can now make way on
NewsReutersThailand's coup leader and "democratic front" face-off in long-awaited election
Thai voters went to the polls on Sunday in a long-delayed election following a 2014 coup, a race that pits a military junta chief seeking to retain power against a "democratic front" led by the populist party he ousted. Turnout was expected to be high among the 51.4 million Thais eligible
NewsAFP NewsUS on edge for Russia probe findings on Trump
The US public and Washington's deeply divided political class on Sunday faced another day of anxiously waiting to learn if the key findings of the Russian meddling probe will implicate President Donald Trump in serious wrongdoing. Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted the confidential final report
NewsReutersIsraeli ex-spy who helped capture Nazi mastermind Eichmann dies at 92
Rafi Eitan, a former Israeli minister and veteran spy who led the operation to capture fugitive Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann, died on Saturday at the age of 92. "We have lost a brave fighter whose contribution to Israel's security will be taught for generations to come," President Reuven
NewsReutersWife of Venezuelan opposition leader to Maduro: 'Enough already!'
In an interview with Reuters in Peru, where she met with Venezuelan immigrants before a trip to the United States, Fabiana Rosales said the arrest of Roberto Marrero on terrorism accusations on Thursday was a "farcical" attempt by Maduro to break the opposition's morale. Venezuela plunged
NewsReutersChina refuses to concede on U.S. demands to ease curbs on tech firms: FT
Ahead of fresh high-level trade talks this week, China is not conceding to U.S. demands to ease curbs on technology companies, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing three people briefed on the discussions. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are
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China will buy more US goods, top official says ahead of latest trade talks
China will work to boost imports and achieve a more even balance of trade with the United States, a top Chinese official said on Sunday, just days ahead of the latest round of talks aimed at bringing an end to the two countries’ punishing tariff war. Speaking at the China Development Forum in Beijing
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Oil Execs Chortle Over 'Unprecedented' White House Access In Secret Recording
The recording was made as some 100 executives of the Independent PetroleumAssociation of America gathered at a hotel in southern California the summerof 2017 to celebrate their new federal clout
NewsAFP NewsTurkey's ex-premier squares up for Istanbul election battle
If former Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim wants a reminder of how much he needs to win as Istanbul mayor in this month's election, he just has to listen to his boss. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who started his own political career as Istanbul mayor, likes to tell his Justice and Development
NewsAFP NewsAustralia hit with second 'severe' cylcone in two days
A severe category 3 cyclone blew into the key mining region of Pilbara in Western Australia Sunday, forcing evacuations and a halt to port operations, as the north of the country dealt with the effects of an even more powerful storm that hit the previous day. Cyclone Veronica weakened from a category
NewsReutersPassengers airlifted from crippled cruise ship in storm off Norway
Rescue helicopters evacuated more than 150 people from a luxury cruise ship which suffered engine failure on Saturday in stormy weather off the west coast of Norway, police and rescue workers said. The maritime rescue service said the Viking Sky, with 1,373 passengers and crew on board, had sent out
NewsReutersU.S. official denounces 'choreographed' visits to China's Xinjiang
BEIJING (Reuters) - "Highly choreographed" tours to Xinjiang organised by the Chinese government are misleading and propagate false narratives about the troubled region, a U.S. official said, after China announced plans to invite European envoys to visit. China has been stepping up a push
NewsReutersPolls open for Thailand's first election since 2014 military coup
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Polls opened on Sunday for Thailand's first election since a 2014 military coup, a vote that is being seen as a contest between the country's junta leader who wants to stay on as elected leader and a "democratic front" of anti-junta parties.
NewsReutersFlooding impairs drinking water treatment for Kansas City, Missouri
Record flooding along the Missouri River has impaired treatment of drinking supplies in Kansas City, raising health risks for infants, the elderly and others with compromised immune systems, the municipal water service warned on Saturday. The public health advisory came as utility crews struggled to
NewsReutersBrexit mayday? PM May's ministers move to oust her, Sunday Times says
British Prime Minister Theresa May's top ministers are moving to oust her within days, The Sunday Times reported, as her Brexit strategy lay in tatters just weeks before the United Kingdom was due to leave the European Union. If May is toppled, Brexit would be thrust into doubt. It is unclear how
NewsReutersDruze protest Trump's backing of Israeli sovereignty on Golan
Dozens of Druze Arabs, some carrying Syrian flags and pictures of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, gathered on the Golan Heights on Saturday to protest U.S. President Donald Trump’s support for Israeli sovereignty over the territory. The mountainous plateau was part of Syria until Israel captured it
NewsAFP NewsYemen peace hangs on fragile truce as conflict far from over
Four years after Saudi Arabia led a military intervention in Yemen to back the government against rebels, the only hope for peace in a country threatened by famine hangs on a fragile truce. Despite the Saudis entering the conflict on March 26, 2015 with a coalition composed of nine countries from the
NewsReutersThai king makes surprise pre-vote plea for "security and happiness"
Thailand's king made an unexpected call for "security" and "happiness" on the eve of the first election since a 2014 army coup, but made no mention of a poll critics say has been engineered to keep the military in power. Thailand's vote comes after nearly five years of direct
NewsAFP NewsEgypt-Israel peace treaty lives on in troubled region
The US-mediated 1979 treaty between Egypt and Israel may only have resulted in a "cold peace" but their ties have survived four decades in a turbulent region, analysts say. The watershed treaty brought together late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli premier Menachem Begin for a March
NewsReutersU.S. lawmakers await details of Mueller's Russia report
U.S. lawmakers waited on Sunday for details of a confidential report into a probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election that has cast a pall over President Donald Trump's time in office and raised questions about possible collusion between the Republican's campaign and Moscow. Attorney General
