U.S., Sweden and Italy bid to supply Bulgaria with fighter jets
The United States, Sweden and Italy have filed bids to supply Bulgaria with eight fighter jets aimed at replacing its ageing Soviet-designed MiG-29s, in a tender estimated at 1.8 billion levs ($1 billion), the defense ministry said on Monday.
Brexit Secretary Raab says: We will not accept two UK customs regimes
Prime Minister Theresa May’s government will not accept two different customs regimes in the United Kingdom after Brexit so the European Union needs to show less dry legalism in talks on Northern Ireland, Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said.
Nigeria’s Buhari promises 2019 elections will be fair after regional vote criticized
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari sought to reassure voters that next year’s elections would be free and fair on Monday after the opposition and international observers raised concerns over the way a gubernatorial vote was conducted last week.
Palestinians strike in support of Israel’s Arab minority
Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem held a general strike on Monday in support of an Israeli-Arab protest against Israel’s new Nation State Law.
Russia calls on South Korea to release vessel held at Busan port
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned South Korea’s ambassador in Moscow on Monday and demanded that Seoul allow a Russian vessel to leave South Korea’s port of Busan, the ministry said.
Three die after Somalia car bomb strikes EU convoy: police
Three people were killed in a suicide car bombing by Islamist group al Shabaab which hit a European Union armored convoy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, police and an emergency service worker said.
Lebanon says Israel is seeking to ‘justify another aggression’
Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said on Monday that Israel was seeking to “justify another aggression” with false allegations of missile sites belonging to Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Santander says Brexit uncertainty may have ‘significant’ impact on results
Britain’s exit from the European Union will likely trigger a period of high uncertainty that may significantly impact Banco Santander’s business, the Spanish lender said in a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
PM May will struggle to get deal through parliament: former minister
Justine Greening, a former minister in Theresa May’s government, said on Monday Britain’s parliament was unlikely to pass a Brexit deal based on the prime minister’s plans or one based on a Canada-style free trade deal.
Hungary’s top news portal closes briefly to highlight media freedom concerns
The largest source of independent news in Hungary briefly took down the front page of its online portal on Monday to sound the alarm over what it sees as its declining editorial freedom and to secure funding from readers to help protect its independenc…
