Fourteen miners killed in Rwanda tin mine after hill collapses
Fourteen miners were killed in an eastern Rwandan tin mine after a hill collapsed on them after heavy rains, officials said on Monday.
Large bang after bomb disposal robot enters van in Northern Ireland’s Londonderry
There was a large bang and black smoke emerged from an abandoned van in a cordoned off area of Londonderry on Monday after an army bomb disposal robot entered the vehicle, a Reuters witness said on Monday.
UK begins EU citizen registration amid uncertainty, stress
Millions of EU citizens living in Britain can register from Monday for settled status after Brexit but a research group warned that many could still be left out in the cold and some EU nationals are attending support groups to cope with the stress.
EU sanctions Skripal suspects, Russia calls move groundless
The European Union sanctioned on Monday the heads of Russia’s military intelligence and two of their officers blamed for poisoning a former Russian double agent in Britain last year, a decision Moscow dismissed as groundless.
Northern Ireland police investigating second security alert: journalist
Northern Ireland police are investigating a second security alert at a separate hijacked vehicle in Londonderry, a Belfast Telegraph journalist said on Twitter on Monday, posting a photograph of a Royal Mail van in the middle of an empty road.
British PM to focus on EU concessions in bid to break Brexit deadlock
British Prime Minister Theresa May will try to break the deadlock over her Brexit plans on Monday by setting out proposals in parliament that are expected to focus on winning more concessions from the European Union.
Ireland knocks back Polish proposal to break Brexit deadlock over backstop
Poland’s foreign minister said on Monday he had proposed limiting the Irish backstop to five years in order to unblock the Brexit deadlock but the idea was immediately knocked back by Ireland as being out of step with the EU’s stance.
Taliban attack kills more than 100 security personnel in central Afghanistan: defense ministry source
The Taliban killed more than 100 members of the Afghan security forces inside a military compound in central Maidan Wardak province on Monday, a senior defense official said.
Erdogan says Kurdish rebels will not shelter in Syrian safe zone
President Tayyip Erdogan made clear on Monday that Turkey would not allow a “safe zone” that it is considering setting up in northern Syria to become a base for Kurdish separatists.
Taliban say they hold talks with U.S. Afghan envoy in Qatar
The Taliban met U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar on Monday, the militant group said, days after threatening to pull out of Afghan peace talks and hours after Taliban fighters killed more than 100 members of the Afghan security forces.
