Nationalist EU parties plan to join forces after May elections
Nationalist anti-immigration parties plan to join forces following next month’s European Union parliamentary election, looking to create a new bloc to shake up the EU, officials from four groups said on Monday.
Ahead of Indian election, Modi’s party vows to strip Kashmir of special rights
India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party vowed on Monday to strip decades-old special rights from the people of Jammu and Kashmir, making an election promise that provoked warnings of a backlash in the country’s only Muslim-majority state.
South African court says Mozambique ex-finance minister can be extradited to U.S.: lawyer
A South African court has ruled that Mozambique’s former finance minister Manuel Chang can be extradited to the United States, where he is wanted on charges related to a $2 billion debt scandal, one of Chang’s lawyers said on Monday.
U.N. repeats call for Libya truce to allow evacuations
The U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, Maria Ribeiro, called on Libya’s rival forces on Monday to observe a temporary truce to allow the evacuation of civilians and wounded from conflict areas around Tripoli.
Erdogan casts doubt on Istanbul vote, driving lira lower
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday the March 31 local elections were marred by “organized crime” at ballot boxes in Istanbul, and his comment drove down Turkey’s lira and assets as markets worried about a potential re-run of the vote.
Saudi Arabia and UAE pledge $200 million in aid to Yemen for Ramadan: UAE minister
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates pledged $200 million in aid to Yemen, to be spent during the month of Ramadan, the UAE’s Minister of State for International Cooperation said on Monday.
Brazil tribal lands under new threat from farmers, miners
A decade after the Macuxi people won a bloody legal battle to expel rice planters from their reservation in a remote part of Brazil, their hold over ancestral lands has come under threat again from new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro.
U.N. tells Libya’s Serraj it is staying in Tripoli at critical time
The United Nations is continuing its work in Tripoli, the U.N. mission Libya said in a tweet on Monday, despite escalating fighting to the south of the capital.
Bulgaria seizes 1,500 kg cannabis at Serbian border
Bulgarian border police seized nearly 1,500 kilograms of cannabis discovered hidden inside a truck at a checkpoint on the Serbian border on Monday, the head of customs said.
India Modi’s party vows to strip Kashmir of special rights
India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party vowed on Monday to strip decades-old special rights from the people of Jammu and Kashmir, making an election promise that could provoke a backlash in the country’s only Muslim-majority state.
