Ecuador arrests shopkeepers, man dies as protests rage
Ecuadorean authorities began arresting shopkeepers for raising food prices as indigenous groups clashed with security forces on Sunday in a fourth day of protests against President Lenin Moreno’s austerity measures.
Opposition Vetevendosje leads Kosovo poll: preliminary results
Kosovo opposition Vetevendosje party is set to come first in the parliamentary election with 26 percent of votes, slightly ahead of the Democratic League of Kosovo party which won 25 pct of votes, preliminary results showed.
Britain’s Johnson asks France’s Macron to ‘push forward’ on Brexit
Britain’s Boris Johnson urged French President Emanuel Macron on Sunday to “push forward” to secure a Brexit deal and told him the EU should not be lured into the mistaken belief that the UK would stay in the EU after Oct.31, the prime minister’s offi…
Split vote complicates government formation after Tunisia election
Tunisia’s parliament looks deeply fractured after an election on Sunday, with an exit poll showing the moderate Islamist Ennahda in first place with only 17.5% of votes, meaning the coming period of government formation will likely prove long and hard….
Ecuador arrests shopkeepers for price rises, protests rage
Ecuadorean authorities have begun arresting shopkeepers for raising food prices as indigenous groups clashed with security forces on Sunday in a fourth day of protests against President Lenin Moreno’s austerity measures.
Erdogan, Trump discuss Syria ‘safe zone’ in phone call; to meet next month: Ankara
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the planned “safe zone” east of the Euphrates River in Syria in a phone call on Sunday, the Turkish presidency said, adding the two men agreed to meet in Washington next month.
Abu Dhabi crown prince, top Saudi defense official discuss military, defense matters
The de facto ruler of the United Arab Emirates held talks with Saudi Arabia’s deputy defense minister in Abu Dhabi on Sunday on military and defense matters and regional security at a time of heightened tensions with common foe Iran.
Thousands peacefully protest French IVF law, avoiding repeat of 2013 violence
An estimated 42,000 protesters took to the streets of Paris on Sunday, peacefully demonstrating against a draft law allowing lesbians and single women to conceive children with medical assistance, police said.
Portugal’s Socialists claim election victory, likely fall short of majority
Portugal’s ruling Socialists scored “a great victory” in Sunday’s parliamentary election and will seek to form a stable government for the four-year legislature, senior Socialist lawmaker Ana Catarina Mendes said as exit polls were published.
Exit poll shows tough road to form government after Tunisia election
An exit poll showed the moderate Islamist Ennahda party narrowly emerging as the largest party in Tunisia’s parliamentary election on Sunday, but with only a small proportion of votes, which may make it hard to build a governing coalition.
