Saudi-led coalition says downs Houthi drone fired at airbase
A Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen said it downed a drone on Sunday that the Iran-aligned group has said they launched in the direction of a Saudi airbase.
Trump paints picture of unity at prickly G7 summit
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was getting along well with Western allies at a G7 summit in France, dismissing reports of rifts among leaders and declaring that they “respect” the trade war between Washington and Beijing.
Trump tells Brexit Britain: We’ll have a major trade deal
Brexit Britain will have a major trade deal with the United States, U.S. President Donald Trump told Boris Johnson on Sunday, adding that the new British prime minister was the right man to take his country out of the European Union.
Johnson to tell EU’s Tusk UK won’t pay £39 billion under no-deal Brexit: Sky News
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to tell European Council head Donald Tusk that the UK will only pay 9 billion pounds ($11 billion) instead of the 39 billion pound ($47.88 billion) liability agreed by former Prime Minister Theresa May u…
Nauru president loses his seat in elections: media reports
Nauru President Baron Waqa was voted out of office in the tiny South Pacific island nation after six years in power, media reports said on Sunday.
UK Labour’s McDonnell privately says party should campaign to prevent Brexit: report
The finance chief of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party has said privately that the party should campaign to prevent Brexit, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.
Gambling hub Macau chooses Beijing-backed man as leader
The Chinese territory of Macau elected former legislature head Ho Iat Seng as its leader on Sunday – the sole approved candidate.
Australia to block internet domains hosting extremist content during terror attacks
(Corrects paragraph 12 of this August 25 story to show SKY Network Television Ltd was fined, not Sky News New Zealand.)
Yemen’s Houthis attack Saudi airport, air base with drones: Al Masirah TV
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis launched drone attacks on Sunday on Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport and the air base of Khamis Mushait, the group’s military spokesman told Al Masirah TV.
China to fight back against U.S. tariff move: People’s Daily
China will fight back against the latest U.S. step to increase tariffs on Chinese goods, the ruling Communist Party’s People’s Daily said on Sunday amid an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
