EU’s Barnier plays down ‘backstop’ checks on Northern Irish trade
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier stood firm on the need for checks on goods shipped from mainland Britain to Northern Ireland after Brexit, while insisting this would not amount to a new border, in an interview published on Sunday.
Taiwan train accident kills at least 17
A train derailment in northeastern Taiwan on Sunday killed at least 17 people and injured 126, government authorities said.
Chinese police launch manhunt after knife attacks kill three
Chinese police said on Sunday they were searching for a 30-year-old man after knife attacks in the northern province of Hebei killed three people and injured one.
France wants whole truth on Khashoggi killing: finance minister
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Saudi Arabia’s admission that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at its Istanbul consulate was welcome “progress”, but urged the kingdom to follow through with a full and transparent investigation.
Top German politicians press Siemens boss to skip Saudi conference
Siemens boss Joe Kaeser came under pressure from senior German politicians on Sunday to pull out of an investment conference in Saudi Arabia next week following Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death.
Maldives Supreme Court upholds presidential poll results in unanimous judgment
The Supreme Court of the Maldives on Sunday upheld the results of last month’s presidential election in an unanimous judgment after President Abdulla Yameen challenged his own defeat in the poll.
Amid scepticism, Saudi official provides another version of Khashoggi death
As Saudi Arabia faced intensifying international scepticism over its story about the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a senior government official laid out a new version of the death inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul that in key respects contradicts previous explanations.
MUFG says bank’s CEO will not attend Saudi conference
The CEO of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s banking arm will not attend the Future Investment Initiative conference in Saudi Arabia, the group said on Sunday, joining a growing list of business executives to withdraw over concern about the death of jou…
Kuwait welcomes decisions by Saudi king on ‘regretful’ Khashoggi case
Kuwait has welcomed the decisions taken by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman with regards to the death of critic Jamal Khashoggi, a foreign ministry source told Kuna on Sunday.
Mnuchin says premature to comment on sanctions against Saudi Arabia
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday it was premature to comment on possible U.S. sanctions against Saudi Arabia for the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi until an investigation into what happened had been completed.
