Exclusive: U.N. envoy wants Libya election by June after Libyans decide format
The U.N. envoy for Libya hopes another attempt to hold an election will take place by June after he scrapped a December plan, but said Libyans should first use a national conference in early 2019 to decide on the poll’s format.
Rohingya flee refugee camps in Bangladesh, as Myanmar prepares for first returnees
Dozens of Rohingya Muslim families on a list of refugees set to be repatriated to Myanmar later this week have fled from camps in Bangladesh where they were living, a Rohingya leader said on Monday, even as Myanmar prepares to begin receiving them.
Bulgaria becomes latest EU state to shun U.N. migration pact
Bulgaria on Monday joined the growing ranks of European Union nations opposed to a United Nations pact that aims to regulate the treatment of migrants worldwide.
Afghan elite commandos among scores of casualties in heavy fighting
Dozens of elite commandos were among the casualties suffered by Afghan security forces as the Taliban claimed to have taken a district in Ghazni province, stepping up battlefield pressure while seeking a political settlement with the United States.
UK PM May’s spokesman: We expect cabinet to back PM on Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman on Monday said he expected cabinet ministers to keep backing their leader on Brexit, and that they would be called to a meeting to discuss an EU exit deal as and when there was something to talk about.
In Riyadh, Britain’s Hunt calls for Khashoggi justice, end to Yemen war
British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt met Saudi Arabia’s King Salman in Riyadh on Monday on a visit to press for an end to the war in Yemen and for Saudi leaders to cooperate with an investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Bavarian conservative leader Seehofer to step down as party chief
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Monday he would step down as chief of Bavaria’s conservative CSU party, which is part of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition.
Trudeau: Canada has heard Turkish recordings on Khashoggi’s killing
Canadian intelligence has listened to Turkish recordings of what happened to Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist killed in Istanbul, said Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, although Trudeau added that he himself had not listened to them.
China calls for open world economy but work remains on landmark trade pact
China will further open its economy in the face of rising protectionism, Premier Li Keqiang said as he arrived in Singapore on Monday for meetings with Asia-Pacific leaders that will focus on speeding up work on a major new trade pact.
Swedish center-right leader bids to form government against the odds
The leader of Sweden’s center-right will ask parliament for a mandate to form a minority two-party government, he said on Monday, but admitted chances of success were slim.
