U.S. calls on countries to take Islamic State prisoners from Syria
The U.S. State Department on Monday called on countries to take in foreign fighters captured by America’s Kurdish allies in Syria, two days ahead of a meeting in Washington of dozens of coalition partners fighting Islamic State to discuss the way forwa…
EU nations support Venezuela’s Guaido as anti-Maduro bloc grows
Major European nations joined the United States on Monday in recognizing opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state, while a separate regional bloc meeting kept up the pressure on socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
Iranian dissident attacked in Berlin by masked assailants: police
An Iranian dissident in Berlin told German police that he was attacked by three men who called him by name and threatened him in Persian before beating him and stamping on him.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank, say he threw bomb
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian and wounded another in the occupied West Bank on Monday, medical officials said. The army said the two had been carrying out a bomb attack.
EU nations back Venezuela’s Guaido as anti-Maduro bloc grows
Major European nations joined the United States on Monday in recognizing opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state, while a separate regional bloc meeting kept up the pressure on socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
Divided Italy blocks EU statement on recognizing Venezuela’s Guaido
Italy on Monday blocked a joint EU position to recognize Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president, diplomatic sources said, with the government in Rome deeply divided over the issue.
China says it is not a threat to Norway, denies cyber espionage
A Norwegian intelligence assessment that China posed a threat to the Nordic country’s security by seeking to steal its secrets was “ridiculous”, the Chinese Embassy said on Monday as Norway mulled the future status of China’s Huawei Technologies.
UK’s May urges business leaders to ask EU to avoid no-deal Brexit: FT
British Prime Minister Theresa May has urged business leaders to ask European Union policymakers to avoid a no-deal or a hard Brexit, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro has liquid drained from abdomen, recovery till next week
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has overcome a bout of fever but doctors found and drained an accumulation of liquid in the area where a colostomy bag was disconnected from his intestine, his spokesman General Otavio Rego Barros said on Monday.
U.S. calls on allies to repatriate Islamic State prisoners from Syria
The U.S. State Department called on countries to take in and prosecute hundreds of foreign fighters captured by America’s Kurdish allies in Syria as the United States withdraws troops from the country.
