Slovakia will not support U.N. migration pact: prime minister
Slovakia will not support the United Nations pact on the treatment of migrants worldwide, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said on Sunday after the European Union summit.
Poland is intimidating our journalists: U.S.-owned Polish broadcaster
U.S.-owned private Polish broadcaster TVN said it was facing intimidation after members of Poland’s internal security agency entered a TVN cameraman’s house and called him to a hearing over accusations he propagated Nazi propaganda.
Protest at arrest of Afghan Hazara commander turns violent
Hundreds of demonstrators in Shi’ite areas of Kabul and Bamyan province in Afghanistan protested on Sunday against the arrest of an ethnic Hazara militia commander
Russia blocks Ukrainian navy from entering Sea of Azov: Russian state TV
Russia has stopped three Ukrainian navy vessels from entering the Sea of Azov via the Kerch Strait by placing a huge cargo ship beneath a Russian-controlled bridge, Russia’s state-controlled Rossiya 24 TV channel reported on Sunday.
Swiss reject proposal to put domestic law above international rules
Swiss voters have clearly rejected a proposal to give the neutral country’s laws priority over international law, a move that critics claimed would have deeply damaged its global standing and hurt its economy.
EU agrees ‘best possible’ Brexit deal, urges Britons to back May
European Union leaders finally sealed a Brexit deal on Sunday, saying the package agreed with Prime Minister Theresa May was the best Britain will get in a warning to the British parliament not to reject it.
France’s Macron says prepared for all options on Brexit
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that if the British parliament rejects the Brexit deal, it will be for Britain to make new proposals.
Britain’s opposition Labour Party will oppose Brexit deal: Corbyn
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party will oppose the government’s Brexit deal in parliament, its leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday, describing the agreement approved in Brussels as “a miserable failure of negotiation”.
More than 100 injured in Aleppo in suspected rebel gas attack
More than 100 people were wounded in a suspected toxic gas attack in Syria’s Aleppo late on Saturday, which a health official said was the first such assault in the city.
Russia says it bombed militants behind attack on Syria’s Aleppo: news agencies
The Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday its warplanes had carried out air strikes against militants it held responsible for firing shells filled with chlorine gas at the city of Aleppo, Russian news agencies reported.
