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.
Russia-backed Syrian forces step in as U.S. retreats
Russia-backed Syrian forces wasted no time in taking advantage of an abrupt U.S. retreat from Syria on Monday, deploying deep inside Kurdish-held territory south of the Turkish frontier less than 24 hours after Washington announced a full withdrawal.
British pedophile who operated in Malaysia, Cambodia found dead in prison
One of Britain’s most prolific child sex offenders, Richard Huckle, has died three years into a life sentence for abusing Malaysian and Cambodian children, Britain’s Ministry of Justice said on Monday, with media saying he had been stabbed to death.
Poland’s nationalists win majority in parliament again, eye court reforms
Poland’s nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party secured a second term in power in Sunday’s parliamentary election, partial results showed on Monday, but fell short of the landslide victory it needs to overhaul the constitution.
Poland’s PiS loses control of upper house: opposition politician
Poland’s ruling nationalist Law and Justice PiS party has lost control of the upper house of parliament, the leader of one of the opposition parties, Katarzyna Lubnauer, said on Twitter on Monday.
Libyan conflict leaves rubbish mounds smoldering in Tripoli’s streets
Mabrouk Ahmed says he has to keep watch into the night to stop people dumping their rubbish on the wide street that runs in front of his home in the south of Libya’s capital, Tripoli.
Spain jails Catalan separatist leaders, sparks protests
Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in a failed independence bid, triggering protests across the region.
