Some 129 countries sign up to Trump’s pledge at U.N. to fight drugs
Some 129 countries at the United Nations signed on to a U.S.-drafted pledge to fight the global drug problem on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump warned presented a public health and national security threat.
Myanmar army chief says ‘no right to interfere’ as U.N. weighs Rohingya crisis
Myanmar’s army chief on Monday warned against foreign interference as world leaders gather at the United Nations to find ways to hold the country’s powerful generals accountable for atrocities against Rohingya Muslims last year.
Swedish PM Lofven faces ouster on Tuesday with no clear government in waiting
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lovfen is set to lose power in a confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday, with no clear indication of who will replace him after an inconclusive election that saw a surge by the far right.
UK’s Labour plans to make companies give shares to workers
Large companies would be forced to transfer as much as 10 percent of their shares to their workers under plans set out by Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Monday.
Iran’s Khamenei says the attackers were paid by Saudis and UAE
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Monday that the attackers who killed 25 people at a military parade were paid by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and Iran would “severely punish” those behind the attack.
New Maldives president a reformer who must hold together diverse coalition
Veteran Maldives lawmaker Ibrahim Mohamed Solih overcame the detention and exile of key opposition figures to win a weekend presidential poll and unseat incumbent Abdulla Yameen, but now faces the task of holding together a disparate coalition.
Soros foundation turns to Strasbourg court to get Hungary’s NGO law repealed
U.S. billionaire George Soros’s Open Society Foundations (OSF) said on Monday it would challenge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg Hungarian laws that make it a crime to help asylum-seekers.
May defends ‘credible’ Brexit proposal: CBS News interview
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday defended Britain’s Brexit plan, saying her government had “put forward a credible proposal” to exit the European Union.
Russian detained in Oslo for alleged spying sees ‘misunderstanding’: lawyer
A Russian citizen detained in Oslo on suspicion of illegal intelligence activities is a Russian state employee but has denied wrongdoing, seeing the matter as a “misunderstanding”, his Norwegian lawyer said on Monday.
Ditch EU for change, Corbyn supporters stick to Brexit script
On a cold autumn night, trade union activist Paula Barker made a passionate plea to fellow members of Britain’s Labour Party to be positive about leaving the European Union and make way for leader Jeremy Corbyn’s radical new agenda.
