Facebook, Instagram close accounts of Italian neo-fascist groups
Facebook and Instagram on Monday blocked the social media accounts of two Italian neo-fascist groups and some of their activists because they had violated the platforms’ policies against spreading hate, Facebook said.
Several people shot in Dutch city of Dordrecht: police
Several people were shot in the Dutch city of Dordrecht “in a very serious” incident early on Monday evening, Dutch officials said.
U.S. working to take in Bahamas storm victims – acting border chief
Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan on Monday said the country is expediting its immigration processes and deploying more resources to help storm victims from Bahamas to enter the country quickly.
Speaker Bercow, champion of Britain’s parliament in clash with Johnson, bows out
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, champion of Britain’s parliament in its move to rein in Prime Minister Boris Johnson over Brexit, said on Monday he would stand down, issuing a warning to the government not to “degrade” parliament.
British parliament blocks no-deal but Johnson says Brexit will happen
Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost influence over Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union on Monday when a law came into force demanding he delay Brexit until 2020 unless he can strike a divorce deal at an EU summit next month.
U.S. reports border detentions down in August as Mexico cooperates
About 64,000 people were detained or turned back at the southwest border in August, down 22% from July and down 56% from a high mark in May, U.S. border officials said on Monday, citing greater cooperation from Mexico in cracking down on Central Americ…
U.S. should side with Hong Kong protesters, says ex-Pentagon chief Mattis
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday anti-government protests in Hong Kong were “not an internal” Chinese matter and that the United States should offer at least moral support to the demonstrators.
Britain foiled 22 attacks since March 2017, top counter-terrorism officer says
British authorities have foiled 22 attacks since March 2017, three more than previously reported, Scotland Yard’s most senior counter-terrorism officer said on Monday.
Trump border official says frustrated by judge ruling blocking asylum ban
A top U.S. border official said he was frustrated by a federal judge’s ruling on Monday that dealt a setback to a Trump administration rule that sought to block almost all asylum applications at the border.
Rescue planned for four missing crew found alive on stricken vessel: U.S. Coast Guard
Rescue workers on Monday were planning to extract four missing crew members from a South Korean cargo vessel carrying about 4,000 cars to the Middle East that turned on its side off the coast of Georgia, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
