Indonesia president urges calm after violent protests in Papua cities
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday sought to ease tension after violent protests in several cities in Papua in response to claims of racist abuse and physical mistreatment of students from the country’s easternmost region.
Japan shrine for war dead vandalized by man claiming to be Chinese
Japanese police on Monday arrested a man claiming to be Chinese for throwing a black ink-like liquid on a curtain at one of the buildings of Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine for war dead, the Metropolitan Police Department said.
No shellfire or bullets, but war still intrudes on tiny Syrian island
In the years before Syria’s war the boatmakers of Arwad used to sell their wooden vessels along the Mediterranean coast down to Lebanon and up to Turkey, but the trade has withered.
Iran’s Zarif rules out talks with U.S. over a new nuclear deal
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday said Iran is not interested in talks with Washington, but any mediation should focus on bringing the United States back to the 2015 nuclear deal which it left last year.
Sudan’s ousted Bashir told investigators he got millions from Saudi Arabia: court witness
Sudan’s deposed leader Omar Hassan al-Bashir told investigators he had received millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, a detective said in court on Monday.
Man charged over stabbing incident outside UK interior ministry
A man has been charged in connection with a stabbing that took place on Aug. 15 outside Britain’s interior ministry in central London, the Metropolitan Police said on Monday.
UK Labour’s Corbyn: we want parliament recalled
British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Monday he supported recalling parliament to deal with the Brexit crisis but sidestepped a question about whether he would step down as leader.
Warplanes strike near Turkish convoy in northwest Syria: Observatory, rebel source
Syrian air strikes hit near a Turkish military convoy that approached frontlines in northwest Syria on Monday as government forces advanced on a rebel-held town, a monitor and a rebel source said.
EU’s Juncker to miss G7 summit after surgery: spokeswoman
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker will miss the G7 summit in France later this week following surgery to remove his gallbladder, a spokeswoman said on Monday.
EU says ready for no-deal Brexit, ‘British would be the biggest losers’
The European Commission said on Monday that the EU was ready for a no-deal Brexit and that Britain would suffer most under such a scenario.
