Saudi aviation academy to train first women pilots
A flight school in Saudi Arabia is opening its doors for women, following the end of a decades-long driving ban in the deeply conservative Muslim country where many social restrictions are easing.
World Cup final pitch invader given 15-day jail term
A Moscow court on Monday handed down a 15-day jail sentence to one of four people who interrupted Sunday’s World Cup final between France and Croatia when they ran onto the pitch wearing fake police uniforms.
Protesters at Iraq gas field demand jobs, better services
About 200 protesters gathered at the main entrance to Iraq’s Siba natural gas field on Monday, police sources said, following more than a week of unrest over poor services sweeping southern cities amid political uncertainty.
Trump stresses Israel’s security in talks with Putin
The United States and Russia will work together to ensure Israel’s security, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Breitbart lobbying prompted U.S. envoy to raise Tommy Robinson case with British
(This July 16 story corrects first name of U.S. congressman in paragraph 12 to Paul not Louis)
Highlights: Trump and Putin speak after meeting in Helsinki
Donald Trump met one-on-one with Russia’s Vladimir Putin behind closed doors on Monday in a long-awaited summit overshadowed by the U.S. president blaming his own country’s past “foolishness and stupidity” for the two powers’ hostile relations.
Egypt to offer citizenship to foreigners for $400,000 deposit
Egypt is offering citizenship to foreigners who deposit at least 7 million Egyptian pounds ($392,000) and then hand it over to the Treasury after five years, an amendment passed by parliament on Monday said.
Trump says he raised question of possible Russian election meddling with Putin
U.S. President Donald Trump said he had raised the issue of alleged Russian meddling in U.S. elections in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
UK watchdog says Russian news channel breached its code
Russian news channel RT broke the UK broadcasting code when it presented tweets and emails sent by its own staff as coming from viewers of a current affairs program, British media regulator Ofcom said.
France expels Islamist to Algeria
France on Monday expelled an Islamist suspected of being a spiritual tutor to one of the killers in the attack on Charlie Hebdo newspaper and to one of the attackers at a Jewish supermarket in 2015.
