Germany uncovers far-right terrorist group which attacked foreigners in Chemnitz
German police detained six men on Monday suspected of forming a far-right militant organization which assaulted foreigners in the eastern city of Chemnitz and planned attacks on politicians and civil servants, the federal prosecutor’s office said.
Car bomb hits EU convoy in Somalia, no casualties: police
A suicide car bomb hit a European Union armored convoy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, damaging one vehicle but causing no casualties, police said.
Russia’s Putin to discuss military cooperation on India visit: Kremlin
President Vladimir Putin will discuss military cooperation with India when he visits the country this week, the Kremlin said on Monday, without specifying whether the possible sale of S-400 surface-to-air missiles was on the agenda.
Russia says it hopes events in Macedonia unfold in line with law
Russia said on Monday it hoped the situation in Macedonia would unfold in line with the law after a referendum there seeking to change the country’s name failed to secure the 50 percent turnout needed to make it valid.
French watchdog says EU market rules need overhaul after Brexit
Britain’s departure from the European Union next March will force a full review of the bloc’s sweeping new rules for markets, including tougher market-access conditions for foreign trading platforms, a top French regulator said on Monday.
UK’s Brexit minister Raab tells EU: Do not try to bully us
Britain’s Brexit minister warned the European Union on Monday against trying to bully the United Kingdom into signing a divorce deal that would undermine the unity of the country.
UK Brexit Minister tells EU to get serious in Brexit talks
UK Brexit minister Dominic Raab called on European Union leaders to start to compromise in talks over Britain’s exit from the bloc, as time runs out for a deal to be done.
Swedish court finds man at center of Nobel prize scandal guilty of rape
A Swedish court on Monday found a man at the center of a scandal that has rocked the academy that awards the Nobel literature prize guilty of rape and sentenced him to two years in jail.
2018 Nobel Medicine Prize awarded for cancer research
American James Allison and Japanese Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries leading to new approaches in harnessing the immune system to fight cancer, the award-giving body said on Monday.
As Chinese influence grows, Japanese warship visits Sri Lanka
Japan’s largest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, sailed into Sri Lanka’s Colombo harbor this weekend, marking Tokyo’s highest profile salvo in a diplomatic battle with China for influence along the region’s vital commercial sea lanes.
