Warning of ‘weak’ UK position, Brexit minister quits in blow to Britain’s MayBrexit Secretary David Davis said on Monday he had resigned over "dangerous" British government plans for leaving the European Union in a blow to Prime Minister Theresa May that could complicate alrea...
Honduran Air Force seizes drug trafficking planesThe Honduran Air Force seized two light aircraft suspected of involvement in drug trafficking to the United States, the armed forces said in a statement on Monday. The statement said that the aircraft...
Ethiopia, Eritrea sign statement that war ‘has come to an end’Ethiopia and Eritrea are no longer at war, the neighbours said in a joint statement Monday, a day after their leaders held a historic meeting in Asmara. Quoting from a "Joint Declaration of Peace and...
ACLU: Less than half of child reunions will meet deadlineThe American Civil Liberties Union said it appears the Trump administration will miss a court-ordered deadline to reunite young children who were separated at the border with their parents in more tha...
N. Korea talks sidelining human rights: UN rapporteurThe North Korean talks process with the US and the South is sidelining the human rights of Pyongyang’s oppressed citizens, the UN’s top official on the issue said Monday. In a whirlwind of diplomacy,...
Macron to lay out next phase of reforms as criticism mountsPresident Emmanuel Macron will gather both houses of parliament at the opulent Versailles Palace on Monday for what has become an annual address on his plans for overhauling wide swathes of French soc...
Erdogan assumes new presidential powers, tightening control over TurkeyTurkey’s Tayyip Erdogan will fulfil a long-held ambition on Monday when he is sworn in as president with sweeping new powers over a country he has dominated and reshaped during his 15-year rule. Launc...
India death sentences upheld over 2012 gang-rapeIndia’s top court on Monday upheld death sentences for three men convicted over the notorious 2012 gang-rape and murder of a woman that sparked national protests and soul-searching. Jyoti Singh, a phy...
Spanish PM meets Catalan president in bid to defuse tensionsSpain’s new leader Pedro Sanchez met with separatist Catalan president Quim Torra for the first time on Monday, aiming to kickstart dialogue after the region’s failed attempt at secession sparked a po...
A desperate wait for news after deadly Japan rainsIn the devastated Japanese town of Kumano, Kosuke Kiyohara sat quietly, watching rescue workers push through the debris of battered homes and waiting for news of his missing sister and nephews. “I hav...
South Africa releases Zuma’s son on bail in corruption caseDuduzane Zuma, son of former South African president Jacob Zuma, was released on bail on Monday after appearing in court in leg irons on corruption charges, the most high profile figure to be prosecut...
Myanmar court files secrets act charges against Reuters reportersA court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into its trial stage after six months of preliminary h...
Syrian rebels say army besieging their enclave in the southern city of DeraaThe Syrian army and allied troops on Monday laid siege to the rebel-held enclave in Deraa and were poised to gain complete control of the city where the uprising against President Bashar Assad’s rule...
Romanian president sacks anti-graft prosecutor KovesiRomanian President Klaus Iohannis on Monday finally dismissed top anti-graft prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi after long resisting attempts to remove her by the left-wing government. The government had...
Poland ‘won’t be broken’ by EU: ruling party chiefPoland won’t bow to EU pressure by dropping controversial judicial reforms, the leader of the governing nationalist party said on Monday, insisting they were “crucial”. Asked whether legal action by B...
Bahrain’s top Shiite cleric leaves to UK for treatment: aidesBahrain’s top Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim left Manama for treatment in London on Monday after his health deteriorated, his aides said. The ayatollah, in his late 70s, was stripped of his Bahraini...