French police arrest man over mosque shooting
French police said on Monday they had arrested a man suspected of firing shots at a mosque in Bayonne the south-west of France.
Bayonne mosque shooter had far-right connections: police source
The 84-year old man who fired shots and hurt two people at the Bayonne mosque in southern France on Monday had far-right connections, according to a police source.
UK Labour to abstain on early election vote: party document
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has instructed its lawmakers to abstain in a vote later on Monday on the government’s attempt to hold an early election, according to an internal party document.
Netanyahu says Iran seeking means to attack Israel from Yemen
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran on Monday of seeking the means to launch precision-guided missiles at Israel from Yemen, a signal that the war-torn Gulf Arab country could come under pre-emptive Israeli attack.
Two Iraqis killed, 112 wounded in Baghdad protests: sources
At least two people were killed on Monday when Iraqi security forces launched tear gas canisters into their heads in Baghdad as renewed anti-government protests entered their fourth day, security and medical sources told Reuters.
Left’s win in Argentina strains ties with Brazil, deepens split in Latam
The election of leftist Alberto Fernandez in Argentina, who Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro has called a “red bandit,” sets the stage for a run-in between South America’s two biggest economies that could derail their Mercosur trade bloc.
Baghdadi leaves bitter legacy in Iraqi city of Mosul he terrorized
When Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi took to the pulpit of Iraq’s historic al-Nuri mosque to declare his caliphate in 2014, residents of Mosul had no idea the extent to which their city would be devastated.
La Paz strikes in protest of Bolivia election results
Protesters blocked roads and shopowners kept their stores shut in La Paz on Monday morning as Bolivians took to the streets in a strike called by the opposition to protest what they say was fraud at elections giving President Evo Morales a fourth term….
Postcards from a poisoned coast: Vietnam’s people-smuggling heartland
The countryside in the Vietnamese provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh is dotted with billboards for labor export companies advertising jobs or study overseas.
‘Secret’ no more: Pope renames historic Vatican archives
The Vatican Secret Archives, containing millions of documents spanning 12 centuries, are no longer officially “secret”.
