Death toll in Mozambique cyclone, floods could surpass 1,000: president
The number of people killed in a powerful storm and preceding floods in Mozambique could exceed 1,000, the president said on Monday, putting the potential death toll greatly more than current figures.
U.N. experts urge Israel to rein in security forces
U.N. war crimes investigators called on Israel on Monday to stop its snipers using lethal force against protesters on the border with Gaza, as the anniversary approached of the start of demonstrations there last year in which 189 Palestinians were kill…
Spanish far-right Vox enlists ex-generals to run for parliament
Spanish far-right party Vox has signed up three former generals to run for parliament in next month’s general election, two of whom expressed support for the legacy of former right-wing dictator Francisco Franco by signing a petition last year.
Utrecht attacker fired at relative over ‘family reasons’: Anadolu, citing relatives
The gunman involved in a shooting on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht fired at his relative over “family reasons” and later shot at others trying to help, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency said on Monday, citing the gunman’s relatives.
U.S.-sanctioned Venezuelan general defects to Colombia: sources
A Venezuelan general who is under U.S. sanction for incompetent management of a state medicine program has fled to Colombia amid growing pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
UK government cannot submit the same Brexit deal to another vote in parliament: speaker
The British government must submit a different proposition to parliament to the one it lost last week if it wants to hold another vote on its Brexit plans, the parliament’s speaker, John Bercow, said on Monday.
Brexit setback for May: speaker rules she must change her plan to get another vote
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plans were thrown into turmoil on Monday when the speaker of parliament said she could not put her divorce deal to a new vote unless it was re-presented in a substantially different form.
Ethiopia and Indonesia crash parallels heap pressure on Boeing
Investigators into the Boeing Co 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia have found striking similarities in a vital flight angle with an airplane that came down off Indonesia, a source said, piling pressure on the world’s biggest planemaker.
What we know about Boeing 737 MAX crash and what comes next
More than 300 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 passenger jets around the world have been taken out of service following two fatal crashes over the past five months in Ethiopia and Indonesia that killed almost 350 people in all.
Two die in clashes outside Vedanta’s Indian alumina refinery
A protester and a policeman died in clashes outside Vedanta Ltd’s eastern Indian alumina refinery, a police official said on Monday, less than a year after police killed 13 anti-Vedanta protesters in south India.
