WikiLeaks founder Assange needs more time to speak to lawyer, court told
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not getting the time he needs with his legal team to discuss his fight against extradition to the United States, causing delays to the case, his lawyer told a British court on Monday.
France’s Macron to press West African leaders over Sahel insurgency
President Emmanuel Macron will press five West African leaders on Monday to denounce anti-French sentiment in their countries over Paris’s handling of an insurgency by Islamist militants, or risk France withdrawing troops from the region.
Catalan separatists take seats as EU lawmakers, promise to push secession
Catalan separatist leaders Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comin took their seats in the European Parliament on Monday, vowing to force their secessionist cause onto Europe’s agenda just days after Spain repeated its call for their arrest.
U.S. House chairman ‘frustrated’ Pompeo refused to testify on Iran
The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday he was “disappointed and frustrated” that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had declined to testify at a committee hearing on Iran set for Tuesday.
Iran won’t target Strait of Hormuz over Soleimani killing: analysts
Iran is unlikely to block the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s busiest oil-shipping channel, in reprisal for the killing of Qassem Soleimani for fear of aggravating its Gulf allies and China, regional analysts said on Monday.
Libya talks in Moscow progress but fail to get ceasefire deal: Russian foreign minister
Talks aimed at agreeing an unconditional and open-ended ceasefire in Libya failed to achieve a breakthrough on Monday despite making good progress, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.
Senior Iranian investigator to visit Ukraine in coming days: Ukraine official
A senior investigator from Iran is expected to visit Ukraine in coming days and will determine whether a Ukrainian laboratory is suitable to decode black boxes from a plane that crashed last week, a senior Ukraine security official said on Monday.
Former pontiff’s book draws criticism, highlights problem of ‘two popes’
Roman Catholic scholars rebuked the former Pope Benedict on Monday for his comments in a new book regarding the delicate matter of priestly celibacy, saying his words were helping to destabilize the reigning Pope Francis.
Robert Abela sworn in as Malta’s new prime minister
Lawyer Robert Abela, 42, was sworn in as Malta’s prime minister on Monday, succeeding Joseph Muscat who resigned over his handling of investigations into the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Catalan separatists to take seats as European lawmakers
Catalan separatist leaders Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comin arrived at the European Parliament to take their seats on Monday, vowing to muscle the secessionist movement onto Europe’s agenda, days after Spain reiterated its call for their arrest.
