With coalition deal close, Spain’s Sanchez seeks parliament’s backing as PM
Spain’s acting prime minister Pedro Sanchez laid out his main priorities for government to parliament on Monday, as lawmakers in his party and its likely coalition ally said the time had come to confirm him in the job.
Under ‘dark cloud’ of Brexit, UK minister quits before Johnson becomes PM
A British minister and longstanding critic of Boris Johnson quit on Monday, the latest resignation before the presumed new prime minister takes office with a “do or die” pledge to leave the European Union with or without a deal.
Irish deputy PM sees a way past Brexit impasse in future relationship text
A planned declaration on the future relationship between Britain and the European Union could provide an “innovative” way out of the current impasse in Brexit talks, Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was quoted as saying on Monday.
Pope’s envoy tells Syrian leader of concern for Idlib civilians
Pope Francis has expressed concern for the humanitarian situation in northwestern Syria and urged a negotiated end to years of fighting, in a letter delivered on Monday to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia denies its planes bombed rebel-held Syrian city
Russia’s Ministry of Defence denied on Monday its planes carried out air strikes on the rebel-held Syrian city of Maarat al-Numan that hit a popular market and residential neighborhoods.
Libyan warplane makes emergency landing on road in southern Tunisia
A Libyan warplane made an emergency landing on a road in the southern Tunisian town of Beni Khadash on Monday and its pilot has been detained, according to Tunisia’s state news agency TAP.
Iran says it arrests CIA spies, Gulf tensions simmer
Iran announced on Monday it had captured 17 spies working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and sentenced some of them to death, deepening a crisis between the Islamic Republic and the West.
Release tanker and crew immediately, Britain tells Iran
Britain called on Iran on Monday to release a British-flagged tanker and its crew immediately, describing the seizure of the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz as illegal.
Pompeo dismisses Iran’s announcement that it captured U.S. spies
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday dismissed Iran’s announcement it had captured 17 spies working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and sentenced some to death.
At least seven killed in bomb attack in Somalia’s Mogadishu
At least seven people were killed and 27 others wounded when a bomb went off outside a hotel near the international airport in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, medical officials said.
