Erdogan says Turkey committed to EU accession process
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will ask the European Union to lift all obstacles to its membership and remains committed to the accession process, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday before departing for a summit with leaders from the union in Bulgaria….
UK parliament will have a meaningful vote on Brexit deal: PM’s spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government has been clear that it will give parliament a meaningful vote on the final Brexit deal it negotiates with Brussels, Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman said on Monday.
At least 64 people, some children, killed in Russian mall fire
MOSCOW (Reuters) – At least 64 people were killed by a fire which engulfed a busy shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russian investigators said on Monday, and some of the dead were children.
Sisi to win Egyptian election but seeks high turnout
CAIRO/ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) – Egyptians began voting on Monday in a presidential election that guarantees victory to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, running virtually unchallenged with all credible candidates intimidated or locked up.
Rebel fighters in Syria’s Douma ready to lay down arms: Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Rebel fighters with the Jaish al-Islam group in the Syrian town of Douma, near the capital Damascus, have expressed readiness to lay down their arms and leave the town, Russia’s RIA news agency quoted a Russian General Staff official…
Catalan ex-head Puigdemont to appear in German court after protests flare
MADRID/BERLIN (Reuters) – Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont was due to appear in a German court on Monday as Spain sought to extradite him over the region’s independence fight after a night of protests there in which dozens of people were hur…
UK says world’s patience is wearing thin with Russia’s Putin after chemical attack
TALLINN (Reuters) – British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson said on Monday that the world was united behind Britain’s stance over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and that patience was wearing thin with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
U.S. travel ban hits foreign attendance figures for North Korea marathon
SEOUL (Reuters) – Described as North Korea’s “biggest hit of the year,” next month’s Pyongyang Marathon is expected to have half as many foreign participants as last year, tour operators say, as political tensions and a ban on U.S. visitors take their …
China accuses U.S. of arrogance for Xi criticism at rights forum
BEIJING (Reuters) – China accused the United States of arrogance on Monday after the U.S. delegation rejected a U.N. Human Rights Council resolution brought by Beijing that it said sought to glorify Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “win-win” agenda.
Death toll in Russian shopping mall fire reaches 64: minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The death toll from a fire at a shopping mall in the Russian city of Kemerovo has reached 64 people, Russian Emergencies Minister Vladimir Puchkov said on Monday.
