Khamenei tells Iran’s Guards to develop advanced, modern weapons
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards on Sunday to develop more advanced and modern weapons, amid increasingly tense disputes with the United States and Gulf Arab states.
Israel asks Putin to pardon U.S.-Israeli jailed for Moscow airport transit drugs
Israel asked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday to pardon a U.S.-Israeli woman given a 7-1/2 year jail sentence for drugs found in her luggage as she transited through a Moscow airport.
U.S. set to pull remaining troops from north Syria amid Turkish incursion
The United States said on Sunday it is poised to withdraw some 1,000 troops from northern Syria after learning that Turkey planned to extend a military incursion further south and west than originally planned.
Turkey’s Syria advance leaves Europe with foreign fighter dilemma
European states are trying to fast-track a plan to shift thousands of foreign Islamic State militants out of Syrian prison camps and into Iraq, after the outbreak of fresh conflict in Syria raised the risk of jihadists escaping or returning home.
Leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia to meet on Nile dam standoff: Sisi
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday he would meet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Russia to discuss a dispute over a hydropower dam that the Horn of Africa country is building on the River Nile.
Significant work to do, but Brexit deal still possible: UK PM Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his cabinet on Sunday a last-minute Brexit deal was still possible but there was significant work to be done to reach one, as intensive talks with the European Union entered their most critical stage.
Germany’s Merkel tells Erdogan to halt Syria offensive immediately
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call on Sunday to bring to an immediate halt the military operation in northern Syria, a German government spokeswoman said.
Syrian Observatory: Turkish strike in Ras al Ain kills nine
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a Turkish air strike in the Syrian town of Ras al Ain killed nine people including five civilians on Sunday.
Japan sends in troops after deadly typhoon floods towns
Japan sent tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers on Sunday to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by one of the worst typhoons to hit the country in recent history.
Cargo ship found sunk in waters near Tokyo after typhoon – ministry
A Panama-registered cargo ship was found sunk in waters near Tokyo on Sunday after authorities lost track of it as Typhoon Hagibis lashed Japan, the transport ministry said, while a newspaper said at least five of the 12 crew were killed.
