Czech Social Democrats stick to minister nominee in government dispute
The Czech Republic’s junior coalition party the Social Democrats said on Monday they were sticking with their preferred candidate for culture minister, prolonging a spat that is threatening the survival of Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s minority governm…
Guatemalan court halts ‘safe third country’ designation for asylum seekers
Guatemala’s Constitutional Court has blocked President Jimmy Morales from immediately declaring the poor Central American nation a safe third country for asylum-seekers, amid growing pushback to U.S. pressure that it absorb large numbers of migrants.
Landmine kills 11 pilgrims in southern Afghanistan
At least 11 pilgrims including seven children were killed and on Monday when their vehicle set off a landmine in southern Afghanistan, local government and health officials said.
Italy seizes air-to-air missile, guns in raids on neo-Nazis
(This July 15 story corrects to remove reference in 2nd paragraph to Italians fighting with Russian-backed separatists)
Saudi Arabia to support indebted Lebanon, say ex-PMs after meeting king
Saudi Arabia is preparing to support Lebanon through its economic challenges, three Lebanese ex-premiers indicated after meeting Saudi King Salman in Jeddah on Monday.
‘Up in the air’: Polls show Argentine presidential race neck-and-neck
Argentina’s presidential race looks set to go down to the wire, with the first batch of polls showing incumbent Mauricio Macri and center-left challenger Alberto Fernández neck-and-neck.
Climate activists disrupt five British cities with ‘summer uprising’
Civil disobedience group Extinction Rebellion staged protests in five British cities on Monday, aiming to renew pressure on the government to take bolder action to tackle climate change and slow the worldwide loss of plant and animal species.
EU Commission president nominee says open to further Brexit extension
The choice of EU leaders for European Commission president said on Monday she would support giving Britain more time to negotiate its exit from the bloc as part of a series of promises to persuade a lukewarm EU parliament to back her in the post.
Ethiopia premier’s aide named to lead restive Amhara region
Ethiopia’s Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) named the security adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as head of the restive Amhara region on Monday after his predecessor was killed in a violent attempt to seize power there.
Von der Leyen pledges social, climate reforms ahead of knife-edge EU vote
The European Union’s conservative nominee to head the executive Commission proffered a raft of economic, environmental and social reforms on Monday, an eleventh-hour bid for support from EU lawmakers who will vote on her nomination on Tuesday.
