MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among young voters, so-called millennials, as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections, according to the Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2KlD36G
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is expected to go to trial on federal corruption charges for the second time on Monday, seven months after an appeals court threw out his earlier conviction and 12-year prison sentence. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2JCQRbQ
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian army unleashed a massive bombardment against one rebel enclave on Monday and prepared for the withdrawal of insurgents from another as President Bashar al-Assad pushes to crush the rebels' last besieged strongholds. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vXJee9
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (Reuters) - A powerful but rarely convened assembly that calls itself the Palestinian "supreme authority" meets for the first time in 22 years on Monday, but boycotts and rifts suggest it will struggle to achieve its stated goal of unity against Israel and the United States. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2JAOEhd
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed in a phone conversation on the need to preserve and fully implement the Iran nuclear deal, the Kremlin said in a statement on Monday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2HXpFaC
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's parliament should not be given powers to overturn the result of the 2016 referendum on membership of the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said on Monday as opponents seek a great say on the Brexit deal. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2I1AnwM
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader on Monday hit out at the United States a day after new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Riyadh, accusing Washington of trying to stoke a "regional crisis" by provoking its ally Saudi Arabia to confront Tehran. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2vYBMj4
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Authorities in Burundi have arrested a ruling party official after he called on supporters to throw political opponents into a lake, a judicial source said on Monday, ahead of a referendum on extending President Pierre Nkurunziza's term in office. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2I0Sjrh
DUNDALK, Ireland (Reuters) - Britain and European Union negotiators must make rapid progress on the issue of the Irish border by a June EU leaders meeting that will be a "stepping stone" towards attempting to reach a final deal in October, the EU's Brexit negotiator said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2JGhT2f
LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of the Northern Irish political party that props up British Prime Minister Theresa May's government said the European Union's chief negotiator needs to do more to understand the views of unionists, the BBC reported on Monday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2jhl1Gz
AMMAN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested on Monday he was open to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, saying a "two-party solution" was likely in his first extensive comments on peace efforts since taking the job last week. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2I7BLOm
KABUL (Reuters) - Twin blasts in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least 25 people on Monday, including eight journalists who had arrived to report on the first explosion and who were apparently targeted by a suicide bomber, officials said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2FtCB2x
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Theresa May appointed Sajid Javid as her new interior minister on Monday, elevating the former banker to try to draw a line under an immigration scandal that has threatened the prime minister's authority. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2rahaid