Russia expels Greek diplomats in retaliatory move
Russia said on Monday it had summoned Greece’s ambassador to Moscow and told him it was responding in kind to what it called an unfriendly decision by Athens to expel two Russian diplomats.
U.N. must do better job of protecting staff, whistle-blowers: inspectors
United Nations agencies must improve ways for staff to report harassment, retaliation and other forms of misconduct and safeguard whistle-blowers who are prepared to reveal cases of abuse, an independent oversight body said on Monday.
Slovakia to allow police officers to testify on alleged kidnapping of Vietnamese
Slovakia’s Interior Ministry will allow police officers to testify in an investigation into the case of a former Vietnamese business executive who Germany says was kidnapped by Vietnamese agents in Germany and smuggled back home through Slovakia.
UK to ask Russia to extradite suspects in nerve agent attack: Guardian newspaper
Britain is ready to ask Russia to extradite two men it suspects of carrying out a nerve agent attack on a Russian former spy in the English city of Salisbury, the Guardian newspaper reported on Monday, citing government and security sources.
U.S. revives sanctions to further damage Iran’s economy
The Trump administration expects economic sanctions that it is re-imposing on Iran this week to further cripple the Iranian economy and will aggressively enforce the measures, senior U.S. administration officials said on Monday.
EU aims to block U.S. sanctions on Iran
The European Union vowed on Monday to counter U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewal of sanctions on Iran, in a test of the EU’s ability to preserve a deal that saw Iran limit its nuclear ambitions in exchange for removing strict curbs on its economy.
UK poised to ask Russia to extradite suspects in nerve agent attack: Guardian newspaper
Britain is poised to ask Russia to extradite two men it suspects of carrying out a nerve agent attack on a Russian former spy in the English city of Salisbury, the Guardian newspaper reported on Monday, citing government and security sources.
Twelve migrant laborers die in Italian road crash
Twelve migrant laborers died on Monday in southern Italy when the van they were traveling in smashed into a lorry, local officials said.
Swiss aid drought-hit farmers, pull dead fish from Rhine
Switzerland will cut import tariffs on livestock feed and offer interest-free loans to help farmers deal with a drought, the federal government said on Monday, amid a heat wave that is killing off fish in the Rhine.
Zimbabwe opposition says supporters abducted as 27 appear in court
Zimbabwe’s main opposition said on Monday security forces were abducting its members in night raids to intimidate the party and stop it challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s win in national elections.
