WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland's President Andrzej Duda has declined to sign the government's freedom of assembly bill into law in the first such rejection since the Law and Justice party (PiS) took power in November last year.
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Syrian Observatory says 10 evacuation buses leave villages
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Monday 10 buses had left the besieged Shi'ite Muslim villages of al-Foua and Kefraya near Idlib carrying evacuees through rebel-held territory toward Aleppo.
Jordan declares end of castle siege, says four gunmen killed
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordanian security forces said they killed four "terrorist outlaws" after flushing them out of a castle in the southern city of Karak where they had holed up after a shoot-out that killed nine people.
Gunmen burn buses, Aleppo convoy goes through
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Armed men burned five buses that were supposed to be used for an evacuation near Idlib in Syria on Sunday, stalling a deal to allow thousands to depart the last rebel pocket in Aleppo, where evacuees crammed into buses for hours before departing the city.
Jordan’s security forces declare end of castle siege, four ‘terrorists” killed’
AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordanian security forces said they killed four "terrorist outlaws" after flushing them out of a castle in the southern city of Karak where they had holed up after a shoot-out that killed nine people.
East Aleppo evacuation under way: U.N. official
GENEVA (Reuters) – The evacuation of the rebel-held enclave of east Aleppo resumed late on Sunday night after three days of delays, a U.N. official in Syria told Reuters.
Jordanian police storm castle where gunmen were holding tourists
AMMAN (Reuters) – A security operation to flush out around six "terrorists" holed up in a Crusader-era castle in the southern city of Karak was approaching its end, the Jordanian government said on Sunday, after a shoot-out that killed at least nine people.
Gunmen burn buses, stalling Aleppo evacuation deal
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Armed men burned five buses that were supposed to be used for an evacuation near Idlib in Syria on Sunday, stalling a deal to allow thousands to depart the last rebel pocket in Aleppo, where evacuees crammed into buses for hours, waiting to move.
Lebanon forms new government: televised statement
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon's President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri formed a new government, the cabinet office announced on Sunday, keeping Gebran Bassil as foreign minister, Ali Hassan Khalil as finance minister and Nouhad Machnouk as interior minister.
Saudi Arabia, U.S. play down reports of curbs on military support
RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia and the United States on Sunday played down media reports that Washington had decided to limit military support, including planned arms sales to the kingdom, over its war in Yemen.
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