Sudan government and rebels meet for peace talks in Juba
Sudan’s ruling council and rebel leaders started peace talks on Monday to end the country’s multiple conflicts, a key condition for the country’s removal from the United States’ sponsors of terrorism list.
Russia arrests four more opposition protesters despite outcry
Russian police have arrested four people on suspicion of assaulting police officers at opposition protests this summer, the Investigative Committee said on Monday, an announcement likely to be condemned by the Kremlin’s critics.
EU governments limit arms sales to Turkey but avoid embargo
European Union countries agreed on Monday to limit arms exports to Turkey over its offensive in northern Syria, prompting condemnation from Ankara, even as they stopped short of a bloc-wide embargo against a NATO ally.
Italy’s euroskeptic leader Salvini says euro is ‘irreversible’
League leader Matteo Salvini said on Monday the euro was here to stay and he hoped that nobody in his far-right, euroskeptic party would ever again raise doubts over Italy’s membership of the single currency.
Vatican security chief resigns after uproar over leak
Domenico Giani, the Vatican’s longtime security chief and Pope Francis’ main bodyguard, resigned on Monday over the leak of information from an investigation into alleged financial wrongdoing in the Vatican.
Iran’s Rouhani says regional crisis can be resolved through diplomacy
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that finding a solution to the conflict in Yemen could help reduce tensions in the region, which could be further resolved through diplomacy.
Iran to continue scaling back commitments to nuclear deal: Rouhani
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday Tehran would continue to scale back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear agreement until the European Union fulfils promises it made under the deal.
Trio wins economics Nobel for fighting poverty
U.S.-based economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work in fighting global poverty that has helped millions of children by favouring practical steps over theory.
Iran says it captures exiled journalist who supported 2018 unrest
Agents of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have captured and returned to Iran an exiled journalist who allegedly fueled anti-government street unrest across the country early last year using social media, Iranian state television reported on Monday.
Syrian Kurdish leaders: deal backed by Russia to protect border, politics later
Syrian Kurdish officials said a deal with Damascus, brokered by President Bashar al-Assad’s ally Russia, centers for now on army troops deploying along the border and that the two sides would talk politics later.
