‘Modest advances’ made into Islamic State Syria enclave: SDF commander
U.S.-backed fighters are moving slowly into Islamic State’s final pocket in eastern Syria to avoid losses in the face of sniper fire and landmines, one of their commanders said on Monday.
SDF kills ‘dozens’ in east Syria Islamic State battle: spokesman
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) killed dozens in continuing clashes with Islamic State fighters at Baghouz in eastern Syria and captured a jihadist arms dump, said Mustafa Bali, an SDF spokesman, on Twitter.
Ethiopian Airlines plane trailed smoke, debris before crash: witnesses
An Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday, killing all 157 people onboard, was trailing smoke and making a strange sound before it came down, two witnesses said.
Algeria minister raps judges’ election challenge to Bouteflika
More than 1,000 judges said they would refuse to oversee Algeria’s election if President Abdelaziz Bouteflika contests it, a challenge that drew a sharp retort from the justice minister on Monday who said the judiciary should be neutral.
UK Brexit minister to make statement to parliament on Monday
British Brexit minister Stephen Barclay will make a statement to parliament on Monday, the day before the government plans to hold a so-called meaningful vote on her Brexit deal, a Twitter account by the opposition Labour Party said, without providing …
UK PM May could go to Strasbourg on Monday: BBC political editor
British Prime Minister Theresa May could go to Strasbourg on Monday, but the trip has not been confirmed yet, according to the BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
Iranian human rights lawyer sentenced to 38 years in jail, lashes: husband
Jailed Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes, her husband Reza Khandan wrote in a post on Facebook on Monday, without specifying what charges she faced.
Russian passenger jet makes emergency landing in Baku over bomb threat
A Russian Ural Airlines jet bound for Moscow from Bahrain with 225 people aboard made an emergency landing in Baku, Azerbaijan on Monday because of a suspected bomb on board the plane, Baku airport said.
China and Indonesia halt Boeing 737 MAX 8 after Ethiopia crash
China, Indonesia and Ethiopia grounded their Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 fleets on Monday while investigators found the black box from a crash that killed 157 people in the second disaster involving that airplane model in six months.
World must prepare for inevitable next flu pandemic, WHO says
The world will inevitably face another pandemic of flu and needs to prepare for the potential devastation that could cause, and not underestimate the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
