Death toll from India, Nepal, Bangladesh floods jumps to over 300
The death toll from severe flooding in parts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh rose to more than 300 on Monday, even as heavy rains are starting to ebb and water levels started to recede in some of the worst-affected areas.
UK minister quits before Johnson becomes PM, decries ‘dark cloud’ of Brexit
A 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 take Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal.
Factbox: Overflowing inbox – Five urgent tasks for Britain’s new prime minister
Britain’s next prime minister will face an overflowing inbox when he takes office on July 24: delivering Brexit, building a relationship with Donald Trump, deciding what to do about Iran — and governing without a majority in parliament.
Resigning UK minister: Sad that Britain has to work under Brexit ‘dark cloud’
Foreign office minister Alan Duncan, who quit on Monday, said Britain was being forced to work under a “dark cloud” caused by Brexit, setting out the reasons for his resignation in a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May.
Iran’s Khamenei calls U.S. plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace a ‘dangerous plot’
Iran’s supreme leader said on Monday that a U.S. plan to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians through development fueled by international investment was a “dangerous plot” to destroy Palestinian identity with money.
Florence fire triggers chaos for Italian travelers
Italian train travelers suffered long delays and the cancellation of more than two dozen high-speed rail services on Monday after a fire hit the infrastructure around Florence.
China says U.S. criticism over South China Sea is slander
Remarks by U.S. officials on China’s role in the South China Sea are slanderous, its foreign ministry said on Monday, after the United States voiced concern over reports of Chinese interference with oil and gas activities in the disputed waters.
Pope Francis’s envoy tells Syria’s Assad of concern for Idlib’s civilians
Pope Francis’s envoy told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a meeting on Monday of the Pope’s concerns for the humanitarian situation in northwest Syria, a Vatican spokesman said in a statement.
France finds wreckage of submarine which disappeared in 1968
The French Navy has found the wreckage of its ‘Minerve’ submarine, which disappeared off the coast of Toulon in the Mediterranean Sea in 1968, leading to the loss of 52 lives.
Russia, Turkey are in talks on joint production of S-400 missile parts: TASS
Russia and Turkey are in talks about the possibility of jointly manufacturing some components of Russia’s S-400 missile defense system in Turkey, the TASS news agency cited Sergei Chemezov, head of Russia’s Rostec state conglomerate, as saying.
