Nigeria’s farmer-herder clashes have left over 3,600 people dead, Amnesty says
Clashes in Nigeria between farmers and semi-nomadic herders have killed more than 3,600 people since 2016, most of them this year, Amnesty International said on Monday, in a report documenting an upsurge in violence that could sway the results of Febru…
UK signs air service deal with Switzerland for post-Brexit flights
British transport minister Chris Grayling will sign an agreement with Switzerland on Monday to ensure air services continue to operate between the two countries after Brexit.
Saudi Arabia denounces U.S. Senate position on Khashoggi: statement
Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry denounced “recent position of US senate” saying the Jamal Khashoggi incident is a crime that does not reflect the policy of the kingdom, in a statement carried by Saudi Press Agency late on Sunday.
Canada is looking for a way out of big Saudi arms deal, says PM
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking in an interview that aired on Sunday, said for the first time that his Liberal government was looking for a way out of a multibillion-dollar arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
Car blast kills nine in Syrian city near Turkey border
At least nine people were killed on Sunday when a car bomb exploded in a vegetable market in the northwest Syrian city of Afrin, in the latest such attack in towns under control of Turkey-backed rebel groups, witnesses and rebel sources said.
New Brexit vote would ‘break faith’ with British, says May
Prime Minister Theresa May will state her opposition to a second Brexit referendum on Monday, telling parliament such a vote would “break faith” with British people and do “irreparable damage” to politics.
Canada says China has granted consular access to second detainee
Canadian diplomats received consular access on Sunday to the second of two men detained by China over the past week, Canada’s foreign ministry said in a statement that gave few details.
‘All I want for Christmas is democracy,’ say Hungary protesters
Thousands of Hungarians thronged the streets of Budapest on Sunday in the fourth and largest protest in a week against what they see as the increasingly authoritarian rule of right-wing nationalist Viktor Orban.
Sudan’s president is first Arab leader to visit Syria since crisis
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday, the first such visit by an Arab leader since the start of the Syrian conflict, Syrian state media said.
Fifth victim of Strasbourg market attack dies: prosecutor
The Paris prosecutor’s office said on Sunday that a fifth person had died from their wounds following Tuesday’s Strasbourg Christmas market shooting.
