Turkey’s Erdogan vows to impose secure zones east of Euphrates in Syria
Turkey will take action east of the Euphrates river in Syria and impose secure zones as it has done in the northwest of the country, President Tayyip Erdogan said in comments broadcast on Turkish media on Monday.
The night a Chinese billionaire was accused of rape in Minnesota
With the Chinese billionaire Richard Liu at her Minneapolis area apartment, a 21-year-old University of Minnesota student sent a WeChat message to a friend in the middle of the night. She wrote that Liu had forced her to have sex with him.
Regulate: ex-world leaders’ solution to ‘failed’ drug war
More governments should turn away from a repressive war on drugs that has “failed” and look to proven strategies to implement regulated markets for risky substances, a group of former presidents and leaders said in a report published Monday.
Russian opposition leader Navalny detained upon jail release: associate
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained again on Monday for allegedly violating protest laws while he was being released from a 30-day jail stint on the same charge, his associate said.
Hong Kong pro-independence party formally outlawed in first such move since handover
Hong Kong authorities formally banned on Monday a group promoting independence from China – the first outlawing of a political organization since Britain handed its former colony back to Chinese rule in 1997.
Japan’s PM says talks with Trump on trade were constructive ahead of meetings this week
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he had constructive talks on trade with U.S. President Donald Trump in New York on Sunday ahead of the second round of trade dialogues between the two countries this week.
Support for Australian government edges higher but voter anger remains
Support for Australia’s center-right government edged higher over the past fortnight, a widely watched opinion poll showed on Monday, but voter anger over a leadership coup suggests the government still faces a heavy defeat at elections due by May.
Australian mining’s macho image worsens pain of labour shortage
When the song “Eagle Rock” played at a bar in an outback Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie late one night, a dozen young men scattered around a pool table dropped their trousers and heartily sang along in their underwear.
Opposition leader Solih tells supporters he won Maldives election
Maldives opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who fought a bitter election campaign against President Abdulla Yameen, said he won Sunday’s presidential vote with a 16 percent margin after 92 percent of the votes had been counted.
Britain’s Labour to vote on keeping second Brexit referendum on table
Britain’s opposition Labour Party will vote this week to keep a second Brexit referendum on the table if Prime Minister Theresa May fails to pass her plan to leave the European Union through parliament, media reported.
