U.S. sanctions three involved in Democratic Congo violence: Treasury
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States issued sanctions on Monday targeting four military and militia leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo for engaging in “destabilizing activity” that has prolonged the conflict in that country, the U.S. Treas…
Air strikes pound Syria’s last rebel strongholds, gas chokes civilians
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Warplanes launched heavy attacks on the two last major rebel-held areas in Syria, killing at least 29 people in the Ghouta suburb near the capital and choking people with gas in Idlib in the northwest, rescue workers and a war monito…
EU’s chief negotiator tells Britain: Time has come to make a Brexit choice
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told Britain on Monday that the time had come for Britain to make a choice on what sort of relationship it wanted with the bloc after Brexit.
U.S. urges Maldives to respect rule of law amid state of emergency
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday called on the Maldives government and military to respect the rule of law after the president of the archipelago declared a state of emergency.
Rescuers, doctors in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib says chemical gas used
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Chemicals dropped from the air caused at least nine people to suffer breathing problems in an attack in northwest Syria, rescue workers and doctors said on Monday.
At least 30 dead in ethnic violence in northeast Congo
KINSHASA (Reuters) – At least 30 people have been killed in two days of ethnic clashes between Hema herders and Lendu farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeastern Ituri province, local authorities said on Monday.
EU tells Britain: Time has come to make a Brexit choice
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told Britain on Monday that the time had come for Britain to make a choice on what sort of relationship it wanted with the bloc after Brexit.
Surviving suspect in 2015 Paris attacks refuses to answer Belgian court
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The prime surviving suspect in the Islamic State attacks in Paris that killed 130 people refused to answer questions when his trial for a later shooting incident opened on Monday in Belgium, defying his accusers and relatives of th…
Turkey sets up military post southwest of Syria’s Aleppo
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish forces set up a military post southwest of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, the army said, the deepest position they have established so far inside northwest Syria under a deal with Russia and Iran aimed at reducing vio…
Cash or custody: Israel kicks off deportation of African migrants
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel has started handing out notices to 20,000 male African migrants giving them two months to leave the country or risk being thrown in jail.
