Doctors Without Borders to close Kabul maternity clinic after attack
Doctors Without Borders said on Monday it would close its maternity ward in Kabul due to fears of further attacks after three gunmen last month opened fire at the clinic, killing 24 people including new mothers and babies.
Canada sees tight U.N. Security Council race, says coronavirus response could help
Canada faces a tight race for a rotating seat on the United Nations Security Council but the country’s response to the coronavirus outbreak could help win support, Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Monday.
Factbox: Irish coalition sets out programme for government
A coalition of Ireland’s two dominant centre-right parties and the Green Party agreed a draft programme for government on Monday, pending approval by their respective members in coming weeks.
French coronavirus 24-hour death toll under 30 for sixth day
France reported 29 new coronavirus deaths on Monday, taking the total to 29,436, the fifth-highest in the world, and marking the sixth day with under 30 fatalities.
UK ‘deeply disappointed’ by sentence passed on ex-U.S. marine in Russia
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday he was deeply disappointed by Monday’s verdict and sentence against Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine who was convicted of spying for the United States.
U.S. accuses Venezuela’s Maduro of seeking to rig upcoming vote
The U.S. government on Monday accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of “illegally” installing a new national electoral council to oversee parliamentary elections due to take place later this year.
Mexican president says he would sell gasoline to Venezuela if asked
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday his country would, for “humanitarian” reasons, sell gasoline to Venezuela if asked to do so, despite a raft of U.S. sanctions imposed on the South American country and its state-run oil compa…
Mali says 24 soldiers killed in ambush on Sunday
Gunmen killed 24 Malian soldiers in an ambush on their convoy in central Mali on Sunday, a spokesman for the west African nation’s army said.
Polish opposition pressures government over medical purchases
Poland’s opposition demanded answers on Monday over a government deal for medical ventilators to help combat the coronavirus, saying the contract was worth 250 million zlotys ($63.7 million) but the equipment had not arrived.
China’s new virus outbreak needs further testing after ‘hypothesis’ on cause: WHO
The origins of a new cluster of coronavirus infections in Beijing are uncertain, World Health Organization officials said on Monday, but the claim that it might have been caused by imports or packaging of salmon was not the “primary hypothesis”.
