Israel announces Gaza sanctions in response to cross-border blazes
Israel imposed sanctions on the Gaza Strip and its dominant Hamas Islamists on Monday in retaliation for attacks by Palestinians using burning kites and helium balloons carrying blazing rags.
When Donald meets Vladimir: the neophyte and the black belt
When Donald Trump meets Vladimir Putin, he sits down with a disciplined, detail-oriented and experienced Russian leader who has played on the world stage for more than 18 years, in contrast to the U.S. president’s 18 months in office.
Unclear whether UK lawmakers have numbers to trigger PM May confidence vote: editors say
It was unclear on Monday whether British lawmakers in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party had the numbers to trigger a confidence vote, political editors said on Monday.
Lawmakers cheer and bang on tables as UK PM May arrives at party meeting
Conservative lawmakers cheered, applauded and banged tables as British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived at a meeting of her party in a particularly upbeat welcome.
Dutch cabinet drafting ‘playbook’ for chaotic Brexit: parliament
One of the Dutch parliament’s Brexit rapporteurs said on Monday the government was drafting a “playbook” to be ready by October in case Britain leaves the European Union with no deal in place.
As Trump confounds, Mattis seen as quiet champion among NATO allies
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will only play a supporting role to President Donald Trump at this week’s NATO summit – an event that by definition is focused on heads of state from the trans-Atlantic alliance.
Egypt arrests head of Customs Authority for alleged bribery
Egypt has arrested the head of its Customs Authority, Gamal Abdelazim, on suspicion of accepting bribes to permit the entry of banned goods into the country without customs duties, the Administrative Control Authority said in a statement on Monday.
Trump suggests China might be interfering in North Korea talks
U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that Beijing might be seeking to derail efforts aimed at denuclearizing North Korea, but added that he was confident that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would uphold a pact the two agreed on last month.
After Russia’s glorious World Cup run, fans ask: ‘Where was Putin?’
As Russia’s World Cup dream ended with defeat to Croatia, some soccer fans noted the absence from the stadium of President Vladimir Putin, who attended only one match in Russia’s best World Cup run since the Soviet collapse in 1991.
After a year in charge, Macron ‘humble but determined’
France’s Emmanuel Macron declared himself humbled by his first year as president on Monday, but said he was determined to pursue his ambitious reform agenda in spite of polls showing him losing support among working-class voters.
