Brazil’s Bolsonaro leads presidential race but Haddad closing gap: poll
Fernando Haddad, the presidential candidate for Brazil’s leftist Workers Party (PT), is closing the gap with poll-leading far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro for an Oct. 7 first-round vote and would beat him in a runoff, a survey released Monday showed….
Kremlin rival Navalny freed, then detained and jailed again for further 20 days
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was freed after serving 30 days in jail on Monday – but was then immediately detained and jailed for a further 20 days on charges of staging an illegal protest.
Britain needs a fair Brexit deal, not a no deal, says Hungary
The European union must negotiate a fair deal for Britain to leave the bloc and avoid at all costs it leaving with no deal, which would have a profound impact on countries like Hungary, its foreign minister said on Monday.
Aid delivered after deadly mudslides in Sudan’s Darfur
A joint African Union-United Nations operation is providing emergency assistance to an area in Sudan’s South Darfur region where 16 people died as a result of mudslides earlier this month, the mission said on Monday.
UK PM May to meet Trump in New York to discuss Brexit and trade
Prime Minister Theresa May will discuss Brexit and a bilateral trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, amid increasing uncertainty over Britain’s EU exit plans.
UK’s Labour opposition says preparing to vote against PM May’s Brexit deal
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party is preparing to vote against any deal Prime Minister Theresa May clinches with the EU as it is increasingly unlikely to meet the tests Labour has set out, its Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer will say on Tuesday.
Mattis dismisses Iran’s revenge threat as tensions climb after attack
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Monday dismissed Iran’s threats of revenge after Saturday’s deadly attack at a military parade in southwestern Iran and said it was “ludicrous” for Tehran to allege U.S. involvement.
U.N. debut for New Zealand’s ‘First Baby’: diaper change, peace summit
With a mock security pass that lists her as the “First Baby” of New Zealand, 3-month-old Neve Te Aroha made her United Nations debut on Monday when her mother – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern – spoke at a peace summit in the General Assembly.
Exclusive: U.S. government report accuses Myanmar military of Rohingya atrocities
A U.S. government investigation has found that Myanmar’s military waged a planned, coordinated campaign of mass killings, gang rapes and other atrocities against the Southeast Asian nation’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
Russian court sentences opposition leader Navalny to 20 days in jail
A Russian court sentenced opposition leader Alexei Navalny to another 20 days in jail after he was freed and immediately detained again in the morning, his spokeswoman tweeted late on Monday.
