Germany, Hungary to mark end of the Iron Curtain
Thirty years ago on Monday Hungarian border guards for the first time allowed people from communist East Germany to cross freely into Austria and hundreds of them rejoiced. The Iron Curtain was passing into history.
Hong Kong protesters throng streets under heavy rain
At least 100,000 anti-government protesters joined a mass rally in Hong Kong on Sunday, filling major thoroughfares in heavy rain in the eleventh week of what have been often violent demonstrations in the Asian financial hub.
Spain says migrants on charity boat can disembark in Algeciras
The Spanish government on Sunday offered Algeciras as a port to disembark the more than a hundred migrants on a charity rescue ship stranded off the coast of Italy after the boat had spent more than two weeks waiting for a port to dock.
Car bomb targets security force in northeastern Syria, kills one
A car bomb killed one member of a security force and wounded two others in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in northeastern Syria on Sunday, the security force said in a statement.
Russian nuclear plant turns off unit after safety system error
Block 4 of Russia’s Beloyarsk nuclear power station in the Urals mountains was switched off on Sunday following a “false” response by the safety system, a subsidiary of state nuclear corporation Rosatom said.
Islamic state claims responsibility for wedding suicide attack in Kabul
Islamic State on Sunday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Kabul on Saturday.
Gibraltar says leaked Brexit warnings out of date and wrong
Leaked warnings about Gibraltar’s ability to cope with a no-deal Brexit are wrong and out of date, the British territory said after the Sunday Times reported official planning documents.
About 3,000 homeless as fire consumes Bangladesh slum
About 3,000 people in Bangladesh were left homeless after a massive fire consumed several hundred shanties in a slum on the northern outskirts of the capital city of Dhaka, government officials said on Sunday.
UK minister dismisses ‘scaremongering’ over leaked Brexit report
British energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Sunday dismissed concerns over potential food, fuel and drug shortages in the event of a no-deal Brexit as scaremongering.
Indonesian police shoot suspected militant after officer slashed
A suspected Islamic militant has launched an attack on an Indonesian police station in the country’s second-biggest city, slashing one officer with a sickle, before being shot and taken into custody, police officials said on Sunday.
