South Sudan president replaces foreign minister
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Monday replaced his Foreign Minister Nhial Deng Nhial with his former Gender Minister Awut Deng Acuil as part of a minor tweak to his cabinet, a government spokesman said.
El Salvador court absolves woman accused of killing her stillborn child
A Salvadoran court absolved a woman previously convicted of aggravated homicide after she gave birth to a stillborn child, the woman’s lawyer Bertha DeLeon said on Monday, in a closely watched retrial that overturns a 30-year prison sentence.
Pompeo, in call with Egypt’s Shoukry, urges political solution in Libya
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday expressed American concerns over the prolonged conflict in Libya in a phone call with his Egyptian counterpart, and they agreed on the need for a political solution, the State Department said.
Son, brother of Guatemalan President Morales acquitted of corruption
A Guatemalan court on Monday acquitted a son and brother of President Jimmy Morales, after a corruption case that slashed the president’s popularity and precipitated the country’s expulsion of a United Nations-supported corruption commission.
Twitter, Facebook find China-backed interference in Hong Kong protests
Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc said on Monday they had dismantled a state-backed information operation originating in mainland China that sought to undermine protests in Hong Kong.
Mexican authorities detain Costa Rican priest accused of child abuse
A Roman Catholic priest charged with raping a 12-year-old boy in Costa Rica in 2003 has been detained by Mexican authorities, a Costa Rican official said on Monday, just weeks before a statute of limitations would expire in the case.
UK PM Johnson and Ireland’s Varadkar agree to meet in Dublin in early Sept
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar spoke by phone for almost an hour on Monday and agreed to meet in Dublin in early September, the Irish and British governments said.
Canary Islands wildfire prompts 9,000 evacuations; reaches park
An out-of-control wildfire on Gran Canaria in Spain’s Canary Islands kept spreading on Monday, increasing to 9,000 the number of people evacuated from eight municipalities and reaching a natural park, authorities said on Monday.
At least 10 Burkina Faso soldiers killed in militant attack
Unidentified militants killed at least 10 soldiers and wounded many others in an attack on a military unit in northern Burkina Faso on Monday, the army said.
Washington cannot influence China’s decisions on Hong Kong: Global Times tabloid
The United States cannot influence China’s decisions in handling the situation in Hong Kong, China’s influential state-controlled tabloid Global Times said late on Monday.
