Iran’s Rouhani dismisses Trump call for talks on eve of new sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani dismissed a U.S. call for talks on Monday, hours before Washington was due to impose new sanctions in line with President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of a 2015 agreement over Iran’s nuclear programme.
Renewed U.S. sanctions target Iran’s economy, Tehran cool on talks
President Donald Trump’s top security adviser on Monday urged Iran to take up an offer of talks with the United States or suffer more pain from economic sanctions, but Iran’s president said Washington needed first to prove it can be trusted.
ATR delivers five more planes to IranAir, needs maintenance approvals
ATR on Monday confirmed it had delivered five more turboprop aircraft to IranAir shortly before Washington imposes new sanctions on Iran but said it still faced difficulties obtaining U.S. permission to hand over another seven planes on order.
Slovenia’s prosecutors charge 15 people over graft in hospitals
Slovenia’s special prosecutor’s office indicted 15 people, including eight physicians, and a company over graft in hospitals on Monday in a case that threatens to further shake the troubled health sector in the tiny Alpine country.
Russian embassy says UK has not made extradition requests in nerve agent case: TASS
The Russian Embassy in Britain said on Monday it had not received an official request from London to extradite two men it suspects of carrying out a nerve agent attack on British soil, TASS news agency said, citing an embassy statement.
Russian PM says NATO admission of Georgia could trigger ‘terrible conflict’
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday that any future NATO decision to admit Georgia to its ranks could trigger “a terrible conflict” and he questioned why the alliance was even considering such a move.
Saudi Arabia would not tolerate outside interference in its affairs: foreign minister
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Monday criticized Canada’s calls to free arrested civil society activists as a position built on “misleading” information, and said his country would not tolerate any interference in its own affairs.
Security forces in eastern Ethiopia kill four protesters: witness
Security forces in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region on Monday shot dead four people protesting against the looting of their shops and homes in weekend unrest, a witness said.
Wildfire surges back in Portugal’s Algarve, 1,000 firefighters mobilized
More than 1,150 firefighters battled resurging flames as huge fires swept the forested hills of Portugal’s southern Algarve tourist region on Monday, with late winds fanning the blaze and forcing the evacuation of another village.
Venezuela’s Maduro rallies supporters after drone blasts
Hundreds of flag-waving supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rallied in central Caracas on Monday to show support for the leftist leader following weekend drone blasts that the government called an assassination attempt.
