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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 via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

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Taking drastic action over illegal immigration, President Donald Trump moved Saturday to cut direct aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, whose citizens are fleeing north and overwhelming U.S. resources at the southern border. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2JV1OdO via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

The move comes a day after several Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli forces. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2FyDZTC via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT

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 via IFTTT