Theresa May takes center stage in British parliament’s box-office show

Militants seize army base in central Mali: mayor
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Militants attacked and seized control of an army base in the central Malian town of Nampala on Tuesday, the mayor of a nearby town said.

Indian Kashmir protests flare, three killed as army opens fire
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian soldiers fired on a stone-throwing crowd defying a curfew in the Kashmir region, killing three people, police said on Tuesday, as unrest sparked by the death of a separatist militant flared.

Afghan Taliban dismiss reports of slowdown since change of leader
KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they were launching new operations after the end of the holy month of Ramadan, dismissing reports that they had been weakened following a change of leadership in May.

Taiwan bus carrying Chinese tourists crashes, killing 26: TV
TAIPEI (Reuters) – A Taiwan tour bus carrying tourists from China crashed into a highway railing en route to the airport on Tuesday, catching fire and killing all 26 on board, Taiwan television station TVBS said.

UK’s Johnson says Russia must join push to oust Syria’s Assad
LONDON (Reuters) – New British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called on Tuesday for Russia and other states to demand Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down as he prepared for his first meeting with Western counterparts on Syria’s intractable civil war.

Britain’s May to tell ministers they must work for Brexit success
LONDON (Reuters) – New British Prime Minister Theresa May will use the first meeting of her senior ministers on Tuesday to tell them they must all play their part in making Britain’s exit from the European Union a success.

Exclusive: Documents from purged Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang to be published in Hong Kong
BEIJING (Reuters) – A collection of documents from Zhao Ziyang, who was China’s reformist Communist Party chief until he was toppled in 1989 for opposing the Tiananmen crackdown, has been smuggled out of the country and will be published in Hong Kong this month, according to a publishing house that is turning them into a book.

Philippines FM says rejected China offer of conditional dialogue
MANILA (Reuters) – The foreign minister of the Philippines said on Tuesday he had turned down a proposal from his Chinese counterpart to start bilateral talks on their South China Sea dispute on the condition that last week’s arbitration ruling not be discussed.

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, flew up to 600 km: South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired three ballistic missiles early on Tuesday which flew between 500 and 600 kms (300 and 360 miles) into the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military said, the latest in a series of provocative moves by the isolated country.

Attempted coup adds to strains in uneasy U.S.-Turkey relations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government can do little for now but voice its concern as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan uses a failed coup attempt to purge thousands of his opponents and demand the extradition of a dissident cleric living in Pennsylvania.

Mexico president apologizes for scandal, vows to fight graft with new law
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto apologized on Monday for a damaging conflict-of-interest row in 2014 surrounding his wife’s purchase of a luxury home from a government contractor.

U.S., Russia criticize U.N. chief over Iran nuclear deal report
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States and Russia both criticized United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday for overstepping his mandate in a report on the implementation of a Security Council resolution backing a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.

Brutality of Turkey’s failed coup caught on phones, social media
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A tank rolls through five lanes of deadlocked traffic towards the Bosphorus Bridge, crushing cars. A military helicopter shoots at people dashing across a highway. Mutinous soldiers open fire on civilians outside an air base.

Arrest of several dual-national Iranians could be politically motivated
BEIRUT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Montreal academic Homa Hoodfar was preparing to return to Canada from Iran in March when agents from Iran’s powerful paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps raided her Tehran home and took her laptop, phone, books and passport, her family said.

British lawmakers back renewal of Trident nuclear deterrent
LONDON (Reuters) – Lawmakers voted strongly on Monday to renew Britain’s ageing nuclear weapons system, a multi billion-pound project regarded as key to maintaining the country’s status as a world power following its vote to leave the European Union.

Man with ax attacks passengers on German train
BERLIN (Reuters) – A man with an ax attacked passengers on a train in the southern German state of Bavaria late on Monday and several people were critically wounded, a police spokesman said.

Civilians killed by U.S.-led coalition strikes on IS-held Syrian city: monitor
AMMAN (Reuters) – At least 20 civilians were killed on Monday in air strikes by U.S.-led coalition planes on the Islamic State-held city of Manbij in northern Syria, near the border with Turkey, a monitoring group said.

Bahrain slams UK, U.S. ‘interference’, clerics say Shi’ites under threat
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain on Monday dismissed as “unacceptable interference” U.S. and British criticism of its decision to dissolve the main Shi’ite Muslim opposition party, as senior clerics warned the Shi’ite majority was under threat.

Exodus of professional workers reshaping Qatar
DOHA (Reuters) – Five years ago Samer Habib left the United Arab Emirates and moved to Qatar where he opened a restaurant that turned a profit serving Lebanese salads and sandwiches to expats.

Authorities in Armenia call on police hostage takers to give up
YEREVAN (Reuters) – Authorities in Armenia called on gunmen holed up in a police station in the capital Yerevan to lay down their arms on Monday and release four people they were holding hostage.

Pakistani ‘selfie’ cleric investigated over Qandeel Baloch’s murder
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A prominent Muslim cleric in Pakistan who was censured for appearing in “selfie” photographs with murdered social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch is being investigated in connection with her killing, police said on Monday.

Iran hardliners gain authority in backlash that could sideline Rouhani
ANKARA (Reuters) – A year after Iran’s nuclear deal with the West, hardliners are gaining authority in a backlash against pragmatic President Hasan Rouhani that his allies say could leave him sidelined or push him out of power in an election next year.

Faith in government drops, politicians jeered as France mourns Nice victims
PARIS/NICE, France (Reuters) – Confidence in the capacity of Francois Hollande’s government to combat terrorism has plummeted in the wake of the truck attack that killed 84 people in the southern French coastal city of Nice, an opinion poll published on Monday suggested.

Uganda’s president opposes arms embargo on South Sudan
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said he was opposed to a U.N. plan to impose an arms embargo on his neighbor South Sudan, saying it would weaken its army just as the country was trying to contain a resurgence of violence.

Britain’s May to meet Merkel for Brexit talks in first foreign visit
LONDON (Reuters) – Theresa May will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday to discuss how they can work together as Britain prepares to leave the European Union in her first foreign visit as prime minister, a spokeswoman said on Monday.

Iran receives the missile part of S-300 defense system from Russia: Tasnim
DUBAI (Reuters) – Russia has delivered the missile part of S-300 surface-to-air defense system to Iran, Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, moving to finish the delivery of all divisions of the system to Tehran by the end of this year.

Many in Hong Kong look for the exit amid China tension
HONG KONG (Reuters) – When activists began setting fire to trash bins and hurling bricks at police during a February riot in Hong Kong, Chris Lee became more convinced his decision to leave his siblings and mother behind and move to Taiwan was the right one.

Britain’s Johnson assures EU of post-Brexit cooperation
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – New Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he would assure his EU counterparts on Monday that Britain would continue to cooperate closely with them once it leaves the bloc following last month’s Brexit referendum.

China admiral warns freedom of navigation patrols could end ‘in disaster’
BEIJING (Reuters) – Freedom of navigation patrols carried out by foreign navies in the South China Sea could end “in disaster”, a senior Chinese admiral has said, a warning to the United States after last week’s ruling against Beijing’s claims in the area.

Gunmen kill two policemen in Almaty, Kazakhstan
ALMATY (Reuters) – Gunmen killed two policemen in Kazakhstan’s financial capital Almaty on Monday, security sources and the Interior Ministry told Reuters, as the authorities said they had launched an anti-terrorist operation.

Two car bombs explode near Yemeni city of Mukalla
ADEN (Reuters) – A car bomb exploded on Monday at a checkpoint in Yemen’s Hadramout province, near the Arabian Sea port city of Mukalla, killing two soldiers and wounding one, witnesses told Reuters.

‘No excuse’ for Turkey to abandon rule of law: EU’s Mogherini
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini warned the Turkish government on Monday against taking steps that would damage the constitutional order following a failed weekend coup.

China to punish officials for leadership failings
BEIJING (Reuters) – Communist Party officials in China who show poor leadership that causes serious problems will face punishment under new accountability rules unveiled late on Sunday, in the latest effort to improve discipline amid a corruption crackdown.

China sacks officials for poor response to Typhoon Nepartak: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has sacked three officials for poorly coping with super typhoon Nepartak, which killed at least 83 people and caused economic losses of over 7.1 billion yuan ($1.06 billion) in east China’s Fujian province, state news agency Xinhua reported.

China extradites first fugitive from Latin America
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has extradited its first criminal suspect from Latin America following eight years of negotiations, repatriating an alleged crude soybean oil smuggler from Peru who has been on the run for 18 years, the country’s customs bureau said on Sunday.

Australia’s former PM Rudd throws hat in ring for top U.N. job
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has officially requested the support of his country’s new government to back a bid for the top job at the United Nations, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday.

British lawmakers to vote on renewing Trident nuclear deterrent
LONDON (Reuters) – Lawmakers will vote on Monday on whether to renew Britain’s nuclear deterrent, a key decision for Western security policy, which partly hinges on Britain as one of western Europe’s only two nuclear powers.

Venezuelan shoppers flock across border to Colombia
SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Thousands of Venezuelans streamed into neighboring Colombia on Sunday to take advantage of a temporary opening of the border to buy food and medicine unavailable at home in their country’s collapsing economy.

Plane crashes during Canadian air show, killing pilot: report
TORONTO (Reuters) – A plane crashed on Sunday during a military air show in Western Canada, killing the pilot, Global News reported.

Iraqi Shi’ite cleric tells followers to target U.S. troops fighting Islamic State
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Powerful Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr instructed his followers on Sunday to target U.S. troops deploying to Iraq as part of the military campaign against Islamic State.

U.S. seeks to reassure South Sudan on troops sent to Juba
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is not taking any offensive military actions with the goal of destabilizing South Sudan, and is only sending a small contingent to assist its embassy in the country, which has been gripped by violence between rival troops, the State Department said on Sunday.

Syrian opposition says U.S. must stand up to Russia
GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States is failing to stand up to Russia, which is committing “war crimes” in Syria, a leading Syrian opposition negotiator said on Sunday, as Russian-backed forces appeared to tighten the siege on the city of Aleppo.

Turkish cleric Gulen says Erdogan behind coup, willing to be extradited
SAYLORSBURG, PA (Reuters) – U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whose followers Turkey blames for a failed coup, said on Sunday that he would obey any extradition ruling from the United States but said that President Tayyip Erdogan had staged the putsch.