Dutch raise terrorism threat to maximum in Utrecht after shooting
The Dutch government raised the terrorism threat level to the highest possible in the province of Utrecht on Monday following a shooting on a tram.
What is Britain’s next move on Brexit?
British Prime Minister Theresa May is expected this week to try to persuade parliament to approve her Brexit deal at the third time of asking, before heading to Brussels to request a short delay to the withdrawal process.
Britain could ask EU for Brexit delay shortly before deadline
Britain could ask the European Union for a Brexit delay even after the bloc’s March 21-22 summit, a senior diplomat said, suggesting that the decisive moment for the stalled divorce deal might still be some time ahead.
U.N. rights expert: Israel depriving Palestinians of clean water
Israel is depriving millions of Palestinians of access to a regular supply of clean water while stripping their land of minerals “in an apparent act of pillage”, a United Nations human rights investigator said on Monday.
Swiss Re says helped insure Boeing, Ethiopian Airlines
Reinsurance group Swiss Re helped cover jetmaker Boeing Co and Ethiopian Airlines, the Swiss company said on Monday amid an investigation into what caused an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that killed 157 people.
Algerian doctors call for protests against Bouteflika
Algeria’s doctors have called for mass protests against Abdulaziz Bouteflika during the country’s independence day celebrations on Tuesday, ratcheting up pressure on the ailing president who is clinging to power.
Several injured in shooting in Dutch city of Utrecht
Several people have been injured in a shooting in the central Dutch city of Utrecht on Monday morning, police said.
Suspected New Zealand mosque gunman ‘lucid’: court lawyer
The suspected gunman in New Zealand’s mosque attacks is lucid and understands the situation facing him, the lawyer assigned to handle his case told media on Monday.
Israeli rabbi, wounded in Palestinian attack, dies: hospital
An Israeli rabbi died on Monday of wounds from a Palestinian attack a day earlier in the occupied West Bank in which a soldier was killed – an incident that played into Israeli politics three weeks before a national election.
Russian and U.S. diplomats to hold Venezuela talks in Italy this week
United States Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov are due to meet in Rome this week to discuss the situation in Venezuela, diplomats from the two countries said.
