Italy to seek parliament vote to end ESM reform dispute
Italy’s government will hold a vote in parliament next week to decide on reform of the euro zone’s bailout fund, as divisions within Rome’s ruling coalition deepen.
Merkel ready to talk to SPD, but no coalition renegotiation planned: spokesman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is ready to talk to and work with the new leaders of her junior coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), but new negotiations on their ruling alliance are not pending, Merkel’s spokesman said on Monday.
Morocco’s poor left behind by development boom
Mohammed Akki left his home in Morocco’s Middle Atlas mountains to seek regular work and a better life in the town of Azrou, but he still lives on the margins in a country enjoying an investment boom.
Majority of French support country’s Mali military operation: poll
Fifty-eight percent of French people back the country’s military operations in Mali, despite last week’s army helicopter crash that resulted in the deaths of 13 troops, said a survey on Monday.
Five dead in French helicopter crash, floods
Three emergency workers were killed overnight when their helicopter crashed while on a rescue mission in southeastern France, while two other people died in heavy flooding that has hit the region, officials said on Monday.
Hong Kong office workers begin week of lunchtime protests
Hundreds of office workers in Hong Kong’s business district gathered on Monday for the first in a week of lunchtime protests backing the pro-democracy movement after its resounding victory in district polls last month in the Chinese-ruled city.
Azeri parliament asks to be dissolved, calls for snap elections
Azerbaijan’s parliament on Monday formally asked President Ilham Aliyev to dissolve it and to schedule new parliamentary elections.
Putin and Xi oversee launch of landmark Russian gas pipeline to China
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday oversaw the launch of a landmark pipeline that will transport natural gas from Siberia to northeast China, an economic and political boost to ties between Moscow and Beij…
Turkey says new Russian missile deal to happen before too long: RIA
Turkey’s presidential administration has said that the purchase date for more S-400 missile systems from Russia is just a technicality and that it thinks a deal will happen before too long, the RIA news agency reported on Monday.
China suspends U.S. military visits to Hong Kong, sanctions U.S.-based NGOs
China said on Monday U.S. military ships and aircraft would not be allowed to visit Hong Kong, and also announced sanctions against several U.S. non-government organizations for encouraging protesters to “engage in extremist, violent and criminal acts….
