U.N.’s Bachelet urges Brunei not to apply death penalty for gay sex, adultery
Brunei will deal a serious setback to human rights if it applies laws allowing death by stoning for adultery and gay sex, marking an end to a de facto moratorium on capital punishment, U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday.
Moon hopes North Korea responds positively to U.S.-South Korea efforts
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday he hopes North Korea responds positively when he meets U.S. President Donald Trump this month as part of efforts to restart denuclearization talks with the North.
Facebook says removed pages linked to India’s Congress party ahead of polls
Facebook Inc said on Monday it was removing 687 pages and accounts linked to India’s main opposition Congress party, just days before voting begins in a general election, because of “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” on the social media platform.
Poll observers raise concerns over curbs on freedom in Turkey
A European group observing local elections in Turkey criticized curbs on free expression on Monday, a day after voters appeared to have dealt President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party defeats in major cities.
Ethiopia to release preliminary report into cause of Ethiopian Airlines crash
Ethiopia will release a preliminary report on Monday into the cause of an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157, a foreign ministry spokesman said.
Erdogan suffers major setbacks in local elections in Turkey’s big cities
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan suffered stunning setbacks in local elections as his ruling AK Party lost control of the capital Ankara for the first time since the party’s founding in 2001, possibly complicating his plans to fight back recession.
Brexit in disarray: May under pressure to go for soft Brexit
Parliament will again try to take control of Britain’s departure from the European Union on Monday, with some lawmakers hoping to force Prime Minister Theresa May to drop her Brexit strategy and pursue close economic ties with the bloc.
PM May’s Brexit deal still the best option: minister
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal remains the best option for leaving the European Union despite it having been voted down three times by lawmakers, Treasury minister Liz Truss said on Monday.
Opposition candidate ahead in Istanbul: Turkish election board
The candidate of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul is ahead in the vote count against the candidate of President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party (AKP), the head of the country’s High Election Board said on …
UK should have said soft Brexit was inevitable in 2017: chief whip
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government should have said in 2017 that a softer Brexit was inevitable after it lost its parliamentary majority in an election, the chief enforcer of her Conservative Party in parliament said.
