Boris Johnson’s resignation letter to British PM Theresa May
Boris Johnson stepped down as Britain’s foreign minister on Monday, warning that Britain will end up like a colony to the European Union after the government announced plans for a close trading relationship with the bloc after Brexit next year.
U.S. sanctions Malaysia-based agent for Iran’s Mahan Air
The U.S. Treasury Department said on Monday it had sanctioned a Malaysia-based sales agent for Mahan Air, an Iranian airline already under U.S. sanctions in connection with Iran’s alleged support for international terrorism.
Erdogan sworn in with new powers, promises a ‘strong Turkey’
President Tayyip Erdogan pledged to build a “strong Turkey” with a powerful defense industry and expanding economy as he was sworn in on Monday with sweeping new powers over a country he has dominated for 15 years.
Mexico will not intervene in Venezuela, Nicaragua crises: incoming minister
The next government of Mexico, led by leftist President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, will not intervene in the internal affairs of other nations, such as crisis-ridden Venezuela and Nicaragua, the country’s future foreign minister said on Monday….
Eight boys rescued from flooded Thai caves, now up to ‘rain god’
Eight of the 12 boys trapped with their soccer coach in a labyrinthine flooded cave complex in northern Thailand have been freed, authorities said on Monday, adding that the time for rescuing the others will depend on the weather.
British eurosceptic ministers quit in blow to May’s Brexit plan
Two leading eurosceptic ministers have quit British Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet, calling into question her ability to deliver the vision of continued close ties with the European Union that she said they had agreed to last week.
British PM May’s meeting with party went ‘very well’: business minister
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s crunch meeting with her party to sell her plan for Brexit went “very well”, business minister Greg Clark told Reuters on Monday.
Former foreign minister Johnson warns Britain will end up like colony to the EU after Brexit
Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson warned on Monday that the United Kingdom will end up like a colony to the European Union after the government announced plans for a close trading relationship with the bloc after Brexit next year.
Saudi bid to protect pre-Islamic sites upends religious dictates
Saudi Arabia is preserving pre-Islamic heritage sites, like a date palm oasis from the Stone Age, in a break with the austere strain of Sunni Islam that has dominated the country for decades, as the reclusive kingdom tries to open up.
UK queen misses christening of William and Kate’s baby son
Prince Louis, the third child of Britain’s Prince William and wife Kate, has been christened at a small, private ceremony overseen by close family but without his great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth.
