U.S. carrier, bombers sent to Middle East on ‘credible threat’ by Iran: Pentagon chief
U.S. acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Monday that he had approved sending a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East because of indications of a “credible threat by Iranian regime forces.”
Czechs protest for second week against new justice minister over meddling fears
Thousands of Czechs filled the center of Prague and other cities for a second week in a row to protest against the appointment of a new justice minister who they say they fear could meddle with a criminal case involving the prime minister.
Sudanese forces seize weapons, including explosives belts: agency
Sudanese forces seized explosives belts, guns including rifles fitted with silencers, devices used to detonate explosives remotely and satellite telephones in a raid on a property in the capital Khartoum, the state news agency reported on Monday.
U.S. ‘gravely concerned’ by human rights abuses in North Korea: State Department
North Korea’s government has subjected its people to “egregious violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms” and the United States remains “gravely concerned and deeply troubled” by the abuses, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.
All suspects in Sri Lanka bombings arrested or dead: acting police chief
All suspected plotters and those directly linked to Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday bombings have either been arrested or are dead, the country’s acting police chief said on Monday.
Greece seeks confidence vote after row over quadriplegic candidate
Greece’s leftist government triggered a parliamentary confidence vote on Monday to upstage an opposition push to censure an aide of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for comments about a quadriplegic European election candidate.
Fire breaks out on gas pipeline in Russia’s Urals region
A fire broke out on a major gas pipeline in the Urals region of Russia, Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing an unnamed source in the emergency services.
Turkish board rules to re-run Istanbul election lost by Erdogan’s AK Party
Turkish authorities on Monday scrapped the result of a vote for Istanbul mayor lost by President Tayyip Erdogan’s candidate, responding to calls by his AK Party for a re-run, in a move that hit the lira and drew opposition accusations of “dictatorship”…
Istanbul election annulled due to unsigned documents, unsuitable ballot box officials: AK Party’s election board representative
The High Election Board (YSK) decided to re-run the mayoral election in Istanbul because of unsigned result documents and some ballot box officials not being civil servants, the ruling AK Party’s representative to the board said on Monday.
Pompeo says U.S. sees activity indicating possible ‘escalation’ from Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday the United States has seen activity from Iran that indicated a possible “escalation,” one day after the United States said it would send a carrier strike group to the Middle East to counter a “credible…
