Russia says Macedonian parliament vote to back country’s name change was rigged
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday that a vote in the Macedonian parliament that backed changing the country’s name was rigged through a combination of blackmail, threats and vote-buying.
‘Why?’ asks Taiwan mourner after 18 killed in crash of speeding train
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen offered words of consolation on Monday as she met relatives of 18 people killed and 187 injured when a train derailed in the island’s northeast, its worst rail disaster in more than three decades.
NATO service member killed in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan
A service member in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission was killed and two others wounded on Monday in an apparent insider attack in Herat province, western Afghanistan, Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul said.
Taiwan closely monitored two U.S. warships’ path through the Taiwan Strait
The United States sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait, the U.S. Navy and Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Monday, in a move that could anger Beijing amid heightening U.S. tensions with China.
Russia pledges to act to ‘restore’ military balance if U.S. quits nuclear arms pact
Russia said on Monday it would be forced to respond in kind to restore the military balance with the United States if President Donald Trump carried through on a threat to quit a landmark nuclear arms treaty and began developing new missiles.
Imran Khan leaves for Saudi conference saying Pakistan ‘desperate’ for loans
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan left for Saudi Arabia to attend an investment conference boycotted by other leaders over the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Brazil’s Haddad: Democracy at risk if Bolsonaro elected president
Brazil’s left-leaning presidential candidate Fernando Haddad said on Monday that the country’s democracy will be at risk if his far-right rival, Jair Bolsonaro, is elected in this weekend’s run-off ballot, as opinion polls indicate he will.
With divorce deal almost done, May repeats rejection of EU proposal on N.Ireland
Prime Minister Theresa May will on Monday say that 95 percent of Britain’s Brexit deal has been agreed but repeat her opposition to a European Union proposal for the Irish border, a major stumbling block, as criticism within her party grows.
Cost of extending Brexit implementation period is for negotiation: UK minister
The cost of any extension to Britain’s post-Brexit transition period is a matter for negotiations with the European Union, British financial services minister John Glen said on Monday.
Japan, India negotiating military logistics pact in tightening of ties
Japan hopes to clinch a military logistics pact with India that will allow access to each other’s bases, Tokyo’s envoy said on Monday, in a tightening of security ties seen as designed to balance China’s growing weight in the region.
