Libya rivals arrive for Italy summit after December election shelved
The rulers of Libya’s rival east and west were gathering at a summit for the first time in more than five months on Monday, a week after the United Nations buried plans to hold an election next month.
Libyan commander Haftar arrives in Palermo for summit: tv footage
Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, a key figure in the oil producer, arrived on Monday evening in the Sicilian city of Palermo for a summit hosted by Italy to discuss the Libyan conflict.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says unlikely to pass pension reform this year
Brazil’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that he thought it unlikely a pension reform would pass Congress this year.
Two Congo opposition leaders quit deal to unite under one presidential candidate
Two Congolese opposition leaders are pulling out of a deal to unite under one candidate in next month’s presidential election, they said on Monday.
Israel bombs Hamas TV station in Gaza after warning calls, shots
Israeli warplanes bombed the studios of Hamas’s television station in the Gaza Strip on Monday during a surge in cross-border fighting, Palestinian officials and witnesses said.
U.N. Security Council set to lift Eritrea sanctions on Wednesday
The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Wednesday to lift a nearly decade-old arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Eritrea, diplomats said, after the country’s rapprochement with Ethiopia and thawing of relations with Djibouti.
Dozens in court as Ethiopia says security chiefs ordered attack on PM
Dozens of Ethiopian security officials appeared in court on Monday after the attorney general accused security chiefs of ordering a grenade attack on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
Brazil’s top appeals court orders release of JBS’s Batista, Ricardo Saud
Brazil’s top appeals court on Monday ordered the release of one of meat processor JBS’ controlling shareholders, Joesley Batista, and Ricardo Saud, a lawyer for J&F Investimentos, which controls JBS.
French remarks on Khashoggi affair prompt Turkish anger
Turkey reacted with fury on Monday after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said President Tayyip Erdogan was playing a political game over sharing intelligence about the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Libya’s Haftar on his way to Italy conference: Italian source
The strongman who rules eastern Libya, Khalifa Haftar, is on his way to Palermo to attend a conference hosted by Italy to discuss a peace plan, an Italian diplomatic source said on Monday.
