Turkey ready to give any military support Libya needs: Erdogan
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Turkey is ready to provide Tripoli any military support it needs after Ankara and Libya’s internationally recognized government signed a security deal.
Boris Johnson cannot keep Scotland in union against its will: Sturgeon
Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, warned Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday that he could not keep Scotland in the United Kingdom against the country’s will.
U.S. expelled Chinese officials after they drove onto military base: NYT
The U.S. government covertly moved to expel two officials from the Chinese embassy earlier this year, after they drove onto a military base, the New York Times reported, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.
Netanyahu says Brazil committed to move embassy to Jerusalem in 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he has been given assurances by the son of Brazil’s president that Brazil will follow the United States and move its embassy to Jerusalem next year.
Lebanon’s Hariri may be named PM but faces struggle to form government
Saad al-Hariri is expected to be named Lebanon’s prime minister on Monday, but political rifts look set to hinder agreement on a new government badly needed to rescue the country from a dire economic crisis.
Militants kill 22 in eastern Congo despite claims of security progress
Suspected Islamist militiamen killed at least 22 people overnight in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said on Sunday, as the rebels kept up attacks on civilians despite government claims to have them on the defensive.
French CGT union gives ultimatum to government to pull pension plan
France’s CGT union threatened on Sunday to double its protests unless the government withdraws its pension reform proposal within the next week.
Colombia peace court exhumes bodies in extrajudicial killings case
Colombia’s special justice tribunal has begun to exhume bodies from a grave in the country’s northwest as part of an investigation into as many as 50 possible extrajudicial killings allegedly committed by the army.
France to extradite Argentinian ex-policeman over ‘dirty war’ crimes on Sunday
France will extradite on Sunday evening a former Argentinian police officer accused of crimes against humanity during Argentina’s “dirty war” four decades ago, a justice ministry spokesperson said.
Fire at Bangladesh factory kills 10 people
At least 10 people were killed on Sunday when a fire swept through a fan factory near Bangladesh’s capital, police said, the second such accident in less than a week.
