Scottish independence fundraiser gets fast start amid Brexit nerves
Political and civic groups backing Scottish independence from the United Kingdom started a fundraising drive on Monday to push support for secession above 50 percent.
British academic charged with spying charges in UAE
A British academic has been charged for spying in the United Arab Emirates, UAE authorities said on Monday, five months after he was arrested at the end of a study trip.
German police detain suspected hostage-taker and free woman
German police detained a man who took a woman hostage at the train station in Cologne on Monday and said the suspect, who was seriously injured in the rescue operation, was probably a Syrian citizen.
Dozens injured in crackdown on Myanmar garment worker protest
Dozens of Myanmar garment workers were injured on Monday after a clash with assailants wielding iron bars outside a Chinese-owned factory in Yangon, witnesses and hospital staff said.
Pompeo to visit Turkey after Saudi Arabia: White House
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will stop in Turkey after his trip to Saudi Arabia to talk with King Salman about the missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a National Security Council spokesman said on Monday.
EU’s Tusk says ‘let’s not give up’ on Brexit, but warns of no deal
European Council President Donald Tusk said on Monday that the 27 states remaining in the bloc after Britain leaves must be ready for a no-deal Brexit, a scenario he said was “more likely than ever before”.
Saudi Arabia cancels annual diplomatic reception in Washington
The Saudi embassy in Washington on Monday canceled its annual National Day reception in an email that gave no explanation for the move, which comes amid a diplomatic crisis over the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey.
Qatar defense minister meets Turkey’s president Erdogan: ministry
Qatari Minister of State for Defence Affairs Khalid bin Mohammed al-Atiyya met Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan in the presidential palace in Ankara, Qatar’s Defence Ministry said on Twitter on Monday.
Death toll reaches 60 in Nigerian oil pipeline fire
Sixty people were killed after a fire broke out on Friday on an oil pipeline in the southeast of Nigeria, a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday, up from the tally of 16 dead given by officials three days earlier…
Bain Capital co-chairman pulls out of Saudi conference: source
Stephen Pagliuca, co-chairman at U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital, will not attend a high-profile conference in Saudi Arabia, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.
