Iraq’s Umm Qasr port expected to be fully operational on Monday or Tuesday: officials
Iraq’s Umm Qasr commodities port is expected to be fully operational on Monday or Tuesday, three port officials said, after it was shut down by protests sweeping southern cities.
Kurdish-backed body aims to widen authority in Syrian northeast
The political arm of the Syrian Democratic Forces militia said on Monday it would work to set up a unified administration for areas it controls, a step that would consolidate its authority in northern and eastern Syria.
Dancers, pig heads and sweets: Thais thank cave spirits for saving boys
As dancers swayed to the beat of traditional music, candles were lit and fruit offerings placed near a cave on Monday in a ceremony to thank benevolent spirits for the rescue of a Thai soccer team.
UK parliament vote to reveal extent of anger over May’s Brexit plan
British Prime Minister Theresa May will face the anger of Brexit supporters in her party on Monday when they try to force her to change course on her strategy for leaving the European Union.
Germany: We can no longer fully rely on U.S. White House
Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday Europe could not rely on Donald Trump and needed to close ranks after the U.S. president called the European Union a “foe” with regard to trade.
EU immigration to Britain falls to five-year low: ONS
The number of European Union immigrants to Britain fell to a five-year low last year, as fewer people came without a firm job offer during the first full calendar year since June 2016’s Brexit vote, official data showed on Monday.
Turkey says reports of Kurdish militia withdrawal from Manbij ‘exaggerated’
A source at Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Monday dismissed a militia report that Kurdish YPG fighters had completely left Syria’s Manbij region as exaggerated, saying their withdrawal was still under way.
Chinese ‘highway to nowhere’ haunts Montenegro
Perched atop massive cement pillars that tower above Montenegro’s picturesque Moraca river canyon, scores of Chinese workers are building a state-of-the-art highway through some of the roughest terrain in southern Europe.
Eritrea reopens embassy in Addis Ababa in fresh sign of thaw with Ethiopia
Eritrea reopened its embassy in Ethiopia on Monday in further evidence of a rapid thaw between two countries that a week ago ended two decades of military stalemate over a border war in which tens of thousands died.
Afghan police shoot suspected suicide attacker in capital Kabul
Afghan police on Monday shot a suspected suicide bomber as he approached a demonstration in the center of the capital Kabul, officials said.
