Dozens injured in crackdown on Myanmar garment worker protest
Dozens of Myanmar garment workers were injured on Monday after a clash with assailants wielding iron bars outside a Chinese-owned factory in Yangon, witnesses and hospital staff said.
Pompeo to visit Turkey after Saudi Arabia: White House
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will stop in Turkey after his trip to Saudi Arabia to talk with King Salman about the missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a National Security Council spokesman said on Monday.
EU’s Tusk says ‘let’s not give up’ on Brexit, but warns of no deal
European Council President Donald Tusk said on Monday that the 27 states remaining in the bloc after Britain leaves must be ready for a no-deal Brexit, a scenario he said was “more likely than ever before”.
Saudi Arabia cancels annual diplomatic reception in Washington
The Saudi embassy in Washington on Monday canceled its annual National Day reception in an email that gave no explanation for the move, which comes amid a diplomatic crisis over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey.
Qatar defense minister meets Turkey’s president Erdogan: ministry
Qatari Minister of State for Defence Affairs Khalid bin Mohammed al-Atiyya met Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan in the presidential palace in Ankara, Qatar’s Defence Ministry said on Twitter on Monday.
Death toll reaches 60 in Nigerian oil pipeline fire
Sixty people were killed after a fire broke out on Friday on an oil pipeline in the southeast of Nigeria, a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday, up from the tally of 16 dead given by officials three days earlier…
Bain Capital co-chairman pulls out of Saudi conference: source
Stephen Pagliuca, co-chairman at U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital, will not attend a high-profile conference in Saudi Arabia, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Saudi Arabia to hold investment forum despite key speakers pulling out
Saudi Arabia will go ahead with a major investment conference planned later this month despite key speakers and partners pulling out after the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a statement from the organizers said on Monday.
Russian Orthodox Church breaks with Constantinople in row over Ukraine
The Russian Orthodox Church said on Monday it had decided to sever all relations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in protest over its endorsement of Ukraine’s request for an “autocephalous”, or independent, church.
France says it could help North Korea denuclearize if it sees real commitment
France is ready to help in North Korea’s denuclearization efforts, but Pyongyang must first show some detailed commitments and real desire to dismantle its nuclear and ballistic arsenal, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
