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.
Police open criminal cases against 17,000 members of Pakistan’s outgoing ruling party
Police have opened criminal cases against nearly 17,000 members of Pakistan’s outgoing ruling party over breaking election rules, a statement said on Monday, as the country prepares to go to the polls next week.
Trump says U.S. must find ways to cooperate with Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had productive talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin that had turned the corner on a relationship that had never been worse.
Main gates at Iraq’s Umm Qasr port reopens: port officials
The main gates to Iraq’s commodities port of Umm Qasr near Basra were re-opened on Monday, port officials said, three days after protesters shut down the facility in unrest over unemployment and poor government services sweeping southern cities.
Britain’s May bows to Brexit pressure in parliament
Prime Minister Theresa May bowed to pressure from Brexit supporters in her party on Monday, accepting changes to her plans for leaving the European Union in an attempt to salvage her over-arching strategy.
UK PM May says her Chequers plan on Brexit is not dead
British Prime Minister Theresa May rejected on Monday the suggestion that the Brexit negotiating strategy she agreed with her cabinet earlier this month was dead, and denied she had caved to pressure from eurosceptics.
UK PM May accepts amendments by pro-Brexit lawmakers on customs law: spokesman
British Prime Minister Theresa May will accept four changes to its customs legislation proposed by eurosceptics within her party on a law designed to create a functioning and independent customs policy, her spokesman said on Monday.
U.S. ready for direct talks with Afghan Taliban, general says
The United States is ready to join direct negotiations with the Taliban in an effort to end the 17 year-long war in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander, said on Monday, amid growing speculation about possible peace talks.
Three Rohingya from same family killed by Bangladesh truck
A truck overturned in a Bangladeshi refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar on Monday, killing at least four refugees, three from the same family, police said.
Gunmen kill 14 civilians in northeast Mali village
Gunmen shot dead 14 civilians in an attack on a village in northeastern Mali, a local official said on Monday, amid a spate of killings by rival ethnic groups and jihadist militants that threatens to derail a presidential election later this month.
