Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said on Sunday that an Arab League summit being held in Tunis needed to send a message on the importance of establishing a Palestinian state. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2FJv2H9
Thousands of people protested in Hong Kong on Sunday against a government plan to change extradition laws, fearing an erosion of personal freedom and the city's status as an international business hub. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2UjYz3I
The top three contenders in Ukraine's presidential elections cast their vote on Sunday in a first round which a comedian - who happens to play a fictional president in a popular TV series - is tipped to win. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2YAEZiU
Saudi Arabia's King Salman said on Sunday that he "absolutely rejects" any measures that impact on Syrian sovereignty over the Golan Heights. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2HQ5SKJ
Israel reopened its commercial crossing with the Gaza Strip on Sunday but kept military reinforcements deployed on the volatile frontier, a day after a smaller than expected Palestinian protest along the border. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2YDKSfh
A plant explosion in China's Jiangsu province has killed seven people, authorities said on Sunday, the second deadly blast in the province this month as Beijing begins a nationwide industrial safety inspection campaign. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2TKWLMN
Leading Algerian businessman Ali Haddad, who was part of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's inner circle, has been arrested at the Tunisian border, a close associate said on Sunday, as pressure mounted on the long-standing leader to resign. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2I2JWLK
Suzanne Harroch speaks and sings in Judeo-Moroccan, a language of a once-thriving Jewish community that numbered about 300,000 - one of the largest in the Muslim world. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Oykj6J
Turks voted on Sunday in local elections which President Tayyip Erdogan has described as a matter of survival for Turkey and which were marred by violence that left two party members dead in the country's southeast. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2HSsXMK
British Prime Minister Theresa May would have to look closely at pursuing a customs union with the European Union if parliament votes for it, justice minister David Gauke said on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2V9zjds
A plant explosion in China's Jiangsu province has killed seven people, state media reported on Sunday, 10 days after a blast at a pesticide plant killed 78 people in the province and triggered a nationwide safety inspection campaign. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2HXO13L
Fourteen suspected communist rebels were killed in a clash with security forces in the central Philippines, police said on Sunday, but human rights activists said those who died were farmers. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2uAM4Cn
Prime Minister Theresa May is under huge pressure from some members of her top team of ministers who want to Britain to leave the European Union without a deal, a former minister said on Sunday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2CK2H2Y