Biya wins Cameroon election to extend 36-year rule
Cameroonian President Paul Biya has won re-election by a landslide, official results showed on Monday, extending his 36-year rule despite claims from two leading opposition candidates that the vote was fraudulent.
Brazil’s Haddad: Democracy at risk if ‘dangerous’ Bolsonaro elected
Brazil’s leftist presidential candidate Fernando Haddad said on Monday that if his far-right rival, Jair Bolsonaro, wins this weekend’s vote as expected, military hard-liners will threaten democratic institutions and the country’s young democracy.
Brazil election poll shows Bolsonaro has 57 percent vs Haddad 43 percent
Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has consolidated his clear lead over leftist rival Fernando Haddad in an election poll of voter intentions for Sunday’s run-off vote, according to a new survey.
Albania arrests 27, targets gangs smuggling drugs to Germany
Albanian police arrested 27 people and seized narcotics and weapons on Sunday during a crackdown on gangs smuggling heroin into Germany, authorities said.
France avoids question on Saudi Arabia weapons sales
France declined to say on Monday if it might suspend weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, after Germany called on others to follow its example until the truth about Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder is established.
UK Brexit minister: parliament will have time to scrutinize EU exit deal
British Brexit minister Dominic Raab said the country’s parliament will have enough time to debate any exit deal Prime Minister Theresa May agrees with the European Union, and that lawmakers will have a real say on whether to approve it or not.
EU eyes Brexit customs deal to break Irish deadlock: sources
European Union negotiators are looking at ways to promise Britain a customs deal that could stretch Brussels’ Brexit red lines but might break a deadlock over the Irish border, EU sources close to the talks have told Reuters.
UK might need to seek a short extension to Brexit transition: May
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday that London might ask for a short extension of a planned transition period to ease its exit from the European Union.
Let’s work on shortcomings in INF arms treaty, Russia tells U.S.
Russia is ready to work on addressing mutual grievances with the way that the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is being implemented, a senior security adviser to President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
Violent deaths of Venezuelans in Colombia more than triple in 2018
Violent deaths of Venezuelans in Colombia rose more than threefold in the first nine months of the year compared with the same period in 2017, as more desperate migrants flooded across the border to escape an economic crisis back home, a report release…
