Congo health minister resigns in protest over government handling of Ebola response
Democratic Republic of Congo’s health minister, Oly Ilunga, resigned on Monday in protest at the presidency’s announcement last week that it would take control of the response to the Ebola outbreak instead of his team.
Nigerian police and Shi’ite group clash in capital, one dead: Reuters correspondents
Reuters correspondents saw Nigerian police and Shi’ite Muslim protesters clash in the capital on Monday with at least one marcher appearing to be dead, highlighting one of the security challenges faced by the country with Africa’s biggest economy.
Sri Lanka extends emergency for fourth month after Easter bombings
Sri Lanka on Monday extended a law granting security forces emergency powers for a fourth month following the Easter Day bomb attacks on hotels and churches that killed more than 250 people.
At least 17 killed in bomb attack in Somalia capital
At least 17 people were killed and 28 others wounded when a bomb went off outside a hotel near the international airport in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, medical officials said.
Trump denies Iran arrested 17 people accused of being U.S. spies
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday categorically denied that Iran had arrested 17 people whom Tehran accused of being CIA spies and had sentenced some to death, calling the reports “totally false.”
British-Iranian aid worker moved back to jail from hospital ward: husband
British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been transferred back to an Iranian prison from a hospital psychiatric ward, her husband said on Monday.
Philippines’ Duterte defends China gambit in annual address
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte launched a spirited defense of his relationship with China on Monday, insisting that his refusal to challenge its maritime assertiveness was not capitulation, but an avoidance of conflict.
Israel demolishes Palestinian homes near West Bank barrier
Israeli forces demolished a cluster of Palestinian homes near a military barrier on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, in the face of protests and international criticism.
Many feared trapped in major fire in India’s financial capital
A major fire broke out on Monday in a nine-storey government building in India’s financial capital of Mumbai, with several people feared trapped, fire officials said.
Factbox: Iran tanker crisis shows that Britain no longer rules the waves
Britain’s failure to prevent Iran’s Revolutionary Guards from seizing a British-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz shows the decline of the once mighty British navy.
