At least nine illegal Zimbabwean miners die after mine collapse
At least nine illegal gold miners have died in Zimbabwe after they detonated explosives underground and were trapped at a mine owned by unlisted London-headquartered Metallon Corporation north of the capital Harare, the company said on Monday.
France arrests four over Lyon blast
French police have arrested a 24-year-old Algerian computer student suspected of planting a bomb in Lyon last week that wounded 13 people, authorities said on Monday.
Austrian lawmakers sack Kurz as video sting crisis rolls on
Austrian conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz suffered the biggest setback of his meteoric career on Monday as parliament voted the 32-year-old’s government out of office in the wake of a video sting that blew up his coalition with the far right.
Divided pro-EU leaders open talks after tense election
Parties committed to closer European Union integration began bargaining over jobs and policy on Monday after an election to the EU parliament which fragmented the center but gave only limited gains to nationalists.
American climber dies on descent from summit of Mount Everest
An American climber died on the descent from the summit of Mount Everest on Monday, a Nepalese official said, taking the number of dead or missing mountaineers on the world’s highest mountain to nine on the Nepali side during the current climbing seaso…
Israel moves closer to new election as Netanyahu struggles to form government
Israel moved toward a new election on Monday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to form a government following a national ballot just last month remained deadlocked.
India snubs Pakistan for Modi’s swearing-in ceremony: sources
India will not invite Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to Thursday’s swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi, who starts his second term as India’s prime minister, two sources in the foreign ministry said, suggesting any early warming in ties between t…
Romania’s ruling party chief jailed for corruption
The leader of Romania’s ruling Social Democrats Liviu Dragnea began a three-and-a-half year prison sentence on Monday after the Supreme Court upheld a graft conviction one day after his party lost a European election to centrist groupings.
Malawi to release presidential poll results after court lifts injunction
Final results of Malawi’s presidential elections will be published on Monday after the high court lifted its weekend injunction blocking the release following opposition allegations of tampering against President Peter Mutharika’s ruling party.
Italy’s dominant Salvini is small town phenomenon, polling data shows
Matteo Salvini’s far-right League scored a crushing victory in Italy’s European parliament elections, but a breakdown of polling data showed its dominance is based on relatively small towns and ends at city gates.
