Ecuador arrests rise to 477 during unrest
Ecuador has arrested 477 people during unrest and protests since last week over President Lenin Moreno’s economic austerity measures, the government said on Monday.
Dutch ruling coalition loses majority in parliament
The Dutch government on Monday lost its majority in parliament when a previously dismissed member of Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s VVD party said he would keep his seat as an independent.
Pakistani PM Khan to meet China’s Xi to discuss Kashmir, CPEC
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing on Tuesday to discuss the security situation in the disputed region of Kashmir as well as economic ties, his office said on Monday.
Security recruits targeted by suicide bomb in Afghanistan
A suicide bomb targeted a minibus of recruits for the Afghan security forces in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 27, local government sources said.
Kidnapped Indian engineers released in Taliban prisoner swap
The Taliban has released three kidnapped engineers from India in exchange for 11 members of the militant group who were held in an Afghan prison, a senior Afghan government source said on Monday.
Bodies of 13 women found after migrant boat sinks in Mediterranean
Italian coastguards recovered the bodies of 13 women who died after a crowded migrant boat capsized in heavy weather as rescue boats approached it off the coast of Lampedusa, an island south of Sicily, local authorities said on Monday.
Death toll climbs as Iraq unrest hits Baghdad’s volatile Sadr City
Protesters began gathering in Baghdad’s Sadr City district late on Monday after overnight clashes with security forces spread to the vast, poor swath of the Iraqi capital for the first time killing 15 people.
Climate change protests snarl up central London, 135 arrested
Climate change protesters blocked traffic across London’s government district of Westminster on Monday as they launched two weeks of peaceful civil disobedience to call for urgent action to curb carbon emissions.
Pope urges respect for indigenous Amazon peoples at start of three-week gathering
Pope Francis on Monday told an assembly of bishops discussing the Amazon region of South America that modern society should not try to impose its rules on indigenous people but respect their culture and let them chart their own future.
North Korean fishing boat’s crew rescued after colliding with Japanese ship
Japan rescued about 60 North Korean crew members from a fishing boat that sank after it collided with a Japanese patrol boat that was chasing it out of Japanese waters, the Japan Coast Guard said on Monday.
