Pence urges China to respect Hong Kong laws amid protest
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence urged China on Monday to respect the integrity of Hong Kong’s laws and repeated President Donald Trump’s warning that it would be harder for Washington to make a trade deal with Beijing if there was violence in the former…
Prime Minister Modi tells Trump hopeful India, U.S. will meet soon to discuss trade
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told U.S. President Donald Trump that he is hopeful that representatives from the two countries will meet again soon to discuss trade issues, the government said in a statement on Monday.
Islamist fighter stripped of UK citizenship hopes Canada will take him
A Muslim convert who was stripped of his British citizenship after traveling to Syria to fight with Islamic State said on Monday he hoped Canada, where he is a citizen, would take him from the Kurdish prison he is being held in.
Italy’s PD has ‘good’ initial talks with 5-Star: PD source
Italy’s opposition Democratic Party (PD) has had good, initial contacts with the ruling 5-Star Movement over the possibility of forging a coalition, a PD source with knowledge of the talks said on Monday.
At least 10 soldiers killed in attack on Burkina Faso army unit
Unidentified armed militants on Monday killed at least 10 soldiers and wounded many others in an attack on a military unit in northern Burkina Faso, the army said in a statement.
Trump, India’s Modi discussed economic ties, increased trade: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a phone call on Monday, during which the two leaders “discussed how they will continue to strengthen United States-India economic ties through increased trade,” the White House…
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.
Chiding Macron, Putin says ‘I don’t want yellow vests in Russia’
Vladimir Putin rebuked his French counterpart on Monday, saying he did not want “yellow vest” protests spring up like in France, after Emmanuel Macron urged the Russian leader to abide by democratic principles following weeks of protests in Moscow.
Open Arms suggests Italy takes rescued migrants to Spain
The commanders of a rescue ship with 107 migrants aboard declined to leave Italian waters on Monday, turning down an option to take them to Spain and suggesting that Italy’s Coast Guard should take them there instead.
Canada’s Trudeau under pressure after Britain revokes citizenship of suspected Islamist
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came under pressure on Monday from his Conservative rival in the October election over Britain’s decision to strip Jack Letts – dubbed “Jihadi Jack” by the media – of his British citizenship.
