Eleven people killed in India's capital, police probe link to gang war

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Eleven members of a family were found dead in India's capital on Sunday, most of them hanging from the ceiling of their home, blindfolded and hands tied behind the back, in a part of the city that was the scene of a gang war just two weeks ago.

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Car bomb near ballot box site in Iraq's Kirkuk kills one: police

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb blast in Iraq's Kirkuk near a storage site housing ballot boxes from elections in May killed one person, police sources said on Sunday.

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Man charged with murder of missing teen found dead in barrel

Police in Australia have charged a man with the murder of a 16-year-old girl whose body was found stuffed in a barrel on the back of a pickup truck, sparking a manhunt and 27-hour siege at an apartment block on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

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Man charged with murder of missing teen found dead in barrel

Police in Australia have charged a man with the murder of a 16-year-old girl whose body was found stuffed in a barrel on the back of a pickup truck, sparking a manhunt and 27-hour siege at an apartment block on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

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Mexico votes for new president, leftist rebel favored to win

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans vote for a new president on Sunday in an election tipped to hand power to an anti-establishment outsider who would inject a new dose of nationalism into government and could sharpen divisions with Donald Trump's United States.

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North Korea, South Korea reopen maritime communication channel

SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea reopened a maritime communication channel on Sunday, with vessels from the two countries making radio contact for the first time in a decade, South Korea's Defence Ministry said in a statement.

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North Korea's Kim asked China to bring early end to sanctions: Yomiuri

TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un asked Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Beijing in June to work towards bringing an early end to economic sanctions imposed on his country, Japan's Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday.

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Thousands set to rally in Hong Kong over Beijing's tightening grip

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were expecting tens of thousands of people to attend an annual protest rally on Sunday to mark the 21st anniversary of the city's return to Chinese rule as tensions simmer over Beijing's tightening grip.

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Coast-to-coast protests denounce Trump immigration policies

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Coast-to-coast protests denounce Trump immigration policies

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Opportunities for Afghan money traders as Iran sanctions loom

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Aziz Ahmad is one of the unlikely winners of the stand-off between the United States and Iran, turning his modest transport service into an international foreign exchange operation that is providing much-needed dollars to the stricken Iranian economy.

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Weakened Merkel to face judgment of her Bavarian allies

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's political future rests in the hands of the Christian Social Union (CSU) on Sunday, when the Bavarian party's leadership meets to decide whether to accept migration deals she brought back from Brussels.

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LGCT Monaco: Irishman Shane Breen pulls off shock first win

Shane Breen, an Irishman who took up show jumping to get out of going to school, produced a big surprise with a first win in the Monaco leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT).

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LGCT Monaco: Irishman Shane Breen pulls off shock first win

Shane Breen, an Irishman who took up show jumping to get out of going to school, produced a big surprise with a first win in the Monaco leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT).

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Journalist murdered in southern Mexico before Sunday's elections

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican journalist was murdered in the southern state of Quintana Roo, authorities said on Saturday, in the latest case of a reporter being killed before a presidential election riddled with violence.

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Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup ends as Uruguay beats Portugal

The two greatest players of this generation have been sent packing from Russia in the same day.

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Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup ends as Uruguay beats Portugal

The two greatest players of this generation have been sent packing from Russia in the same day.

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Italy, Malta in fresh stand-off over boat carrying 59 migrants

ROME (Reuters) - A rescue boat saved 59 migrants at sea off Libya on Saturday and Italy immediately said it would not welcome them, setting up a fresh stand-off with Malta and adding to tensions among European governments over immigration.

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Maldives opposition selects veteran Ibrahim Solih for Sept presidential poll

MALE (Reuters) - Maldives opposition Democratic Party on Saturday nominated veteran lawmaker Ibrahim "Ibu" Mohamed Solih as its presidential candidate a day after former president Mohamed Nasheed withdrew as the party's candidate for the September elections.

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South Sudan, rebels trade attacks as truce due to start

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudanese government forces and rebels launched attacks on each other's positions on Saturday, both sides said, the day a ceasefire that formed part of new peace agreement was due to take effect.

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Malaysia's former ruling party picks old hand as new president

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's former ruling party picked a familiar face as its new leader on Saturday, as they grapple with a spectacular defeat in a May general election that pushed them from power after more than 60 years.

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