UK Brexit position unchanged, time for Brussels to get serious: PM May’s spokesman
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said on Monday her cabinet had agreed its Brexit negotiating stance and would press ahead with talks with the European Union, calling on Brussels to “get serious”.
Return of U.S. war dead could build trust with North Korea: Pompeo
The return of remains of U.S. troops who went missing during the 1950-53 Korean War could help build trust between North Korea and the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday.
Britain’s emergency committee to meet after woman dies from nerve agent poisoning
Britain’s interior minister will chair a meeting of the government’s emergency committee on Monday after a woman died from being poisoned by the same nerve agent used to target a former Russian spy, a spokesman for the prime minister said.
Syrian rebels say army besieging their enclave in the southern city of Deraa
The Syrian army and allied troops on Monday laid siege to the rebel-held enclave in Deraa and were poised to gain complete control of the city where the uprising against President Bashar Assad’s rule first erupted, rebels said.
Long-term foes Ethiopia and Eritrea promise peace, ports and friendship
Ethiopia and Eritrea agreed to resume flights, open embassies and develop ports together on Monday, the most concrete signs of a rapprochement that has swept away two decades of hostility in a matter of weeks.
Ethiopia deal means ‘state of war is over’: Eritrean minister
An agreement signed on Monday between the leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea means the state of war between the neighbors has ended, Eritrea’s Information Minister said.
McKinsey overhauls South Africa office after graft scandal
McKinsey has made sweeping changes to its South Africa business to try to rebuild its reputation following an ill-fated deal with friends of scandal-plagued former president Jacob Zuma.
Pompeo raises issue of detained American in Vietnam
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo raised the issue of a detained American man of Vietnamese descent during meetings with senior Vietnamese officials in Hanoi on Monday, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman said.
Indian court upholds death for three men for 2012 Delhi gang rape
India’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death penalty for three men convicted in the gang rape and murder of a young woman in Delhi in 2012, a landmark case that focused attention on violence against women.
Operation resumes to rescue boys trapped in flooded Thai cave
A mission to rescue a group of boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand resumed on Monday, the chief of the mission said, after the first four boys rescued were judged healthy as they recovered in hospital.
