Hurricane Rosa dwindled to a Category 1 storm as it spun in the Pacific Ocean towards Baja California early Sunday and was forecast to become a weaker tropical storm later in the day, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2N5GX3X
Macedonia held a referendum on Sunday on whether to change its name to 'Republic of North Macedonia', a move that would resolve a decades-old name dispute with Greece which had blocked its membership bids for the European Union and NATO. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2P0DoxQ
Britain's former Brexit minister David Davis said he thought it was 80 - 90 percent likely that the government will strike an exit deal with the European Union, but warned that he expected talks to go down to the wire. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xOTdB4
The leader of the Scottish arm of Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party played down the impact of a row with the European Union over Brexit, saying it may have actually helped restart stalled exit negotiations. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Okn3a4
Kurds voted in a parliamentary election in their semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq on Sunday, with the two dominant parties widely expected to extend their power sharing rule despite growing discontent. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2R63p05
Britain's governing Conservatives are working towards a national election in 2022, the party's chairman Brandon Lewis said on Sunday, saying he hoped Prime Minister Theresa May would lead the party into that vote. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2xMnAI6
British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party is investigating a data breach which let members of the public log into a smartphone app as senior government ministers and view their personal details. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2y0x9ma
The toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia soared on Sunday to 832 confirmed dead, with authorities fearing it will only climb as rescuers struggle to reach outlying communities cut off from communications and help. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2DFRtzx
Dubai International Airport said on Sunday it was operating as normal following a news report Yemen's armed Houthi movement had launched a drone attack against the airport. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Nbry26
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday that rebel group Failaq al-Sham has started withdrawing its forces and heavy arms from a demilitarized zone in northwest Syria. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2y1Nasa
The U.S. Coast Guard continued its search overnight and into early Sunday for three missing people from a helicopter crash in the frigid waters near Lituya Bay, about 116 miles northwest of Juneau, Alaska. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2zERjnL
U.S. President Donald Trump took his enthusiasm for his detente with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to new heights on Saturday, declaring at a rally with supporters that "we fell in love" after exchanging letters. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2xM6QRg
FBI agents investigating U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have contacted the second woman to accuse him of sexual misconduct, her attorney said on Saturday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2zEROOT