Seven killed in China plant explosion; second deadly blast this month

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

Read More

Algerian businessman with ties to Bouteflika arrested at border

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

Read More

As pope visits Morocco, tiny Jewish community looks on with quiet pride

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

Read More

Turks vote in local polls, Erdogan's party could lose in big cities

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

Read More

UK PM May would have to look closely at customs union if parliament votes for it: minister

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

Read More

China plant explosion kills seven; second blast in Jiangsu province this month

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

Read More

Rights groups dispute Philippine police account of clash that killed 14 suspected rebels

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

Read More

UK PM May under huge pressure from some ministers to pursue 'no deal' Brexit: former minister

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

Read More

Britain has limited options available on Brexit: Conservative deputy chair

Britain has a limited range of options available on Brexit and lawmakers should support Prime Minister Theresa May's exit deal to avoid a 'no deal' exit or no Brexit at all, the deputy chairman of her Conservative Party said on Sunday.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2FJmWi5

Read More

Brazil military takes up coup commemoration at Bolsonaro's behest

Brazil's armed forces on Sunday paid tribute to a 1964 coup leading to a two-decade dictatorship, after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro - who argues that military intervention saved the country from communism - reversed an 8-year-ban on celebrations.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2U6k6gN

Read More

Brazil's Bolsonaro begins Israel visit with embassy decision pending

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began a visit to Israel on Sunday with a decision pending on fulfilling a promise to move his country's embassy to Jerusalem, a policy change opposed by military officers in his cabinet.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2CGYsF9

Read More

Bangladesh police arrest building owners over latest deadly fire

Two of the owners of a high-rise commercial building that caught fire last week, killing 26 people in a blaze made worse by the lack of appropriate fire exits, have been arrested, Bangladesh police said on Sunday.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2WyXKS4

Read More

Time may come for another no confidence vote in May's government: UK opposition Labour

The time may come when Britain's opposition Labour Party has to call another vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May's government, the party's foreign affairs spokeswoman Emily Thornberry said on Sunday.

from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2FEdGM8

Read More

Ukraine election: Comedian is front-runner ahead of first round

Petro Poroshenko is seeking re-election but the surprise front-runner is comic Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2HNr0kP

Read More

North Korea says Madrid embassy raid was 'grave terror attack'

Pyongyang calls for an investigation and says it is watching rumours that the FBI played a role.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2HPkr16

Read More

Mark Zuckerberg asks governments to help control internet content

Mark Zuckerberg writes an open letter calling for new laws to monitor internet content.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2WF2qGd

Read More

Saudi Arabia 'hacked Amazon boss's phone', says investigator

An investigator working for Jeff Bezos says Saudi Arabia accessed data on the Amazon boss's phone.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2JT8IAx

Read More

Rolling Stones postpone North America tour over Mick Jagger illness

Mick Jagger's doctors have advised him not to travel.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2HO8Wa2

Read More

Turkey local elections: Erdogan to fight for nation's confidence

With the country in an economic slump, the vote is widely seen as a referendum on the president.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2CNbTU7

Read More

Gaza protests: Thousands mark 'Great Return' anniversary

Three die in clashes on the border with Israel, as Palestinians mark the "Great March of Return".

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2U7byWY

Read More

Ethiopian pilot: 'Pitch up, pitch up!'

Details are emerging of the final moments of the flight, which crashed six minutes after take-off.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2CIsYPi

Read More

Afghan VP survives second assassination attempt

The Taliban say they tried to kill Gen Abdul Rashid Dostum, in an ambush in which a bodyguard died.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2I2MY2f

Read More

Brazil judge overturns ban on Bolsonaro's coup celebration

A judge says marking the 1964 coup does not amount to rewriting history or hiding the truth.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2UloLuM

Read More

Pope calls on Moroccans to fight fanaticism

The pontiff is visiting Morocco, which has a small Catholic community, to promote inter-faith dialogue.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2JUycxd

Read More