Turkey’s Albayrak says U.S. sanctions against Ankara could destabilise region
U.S. trade sanctions against Turkey could destabilise the region and ultimately bolster regional terrorism and the refugee crisis, Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said on Monday.
Italy threatens to veto EU budget without changes in immigration policy – Di Maio
Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio on Monday threatened to veto the European Union’s seven-year budget plan should the bloc not do more to share the burden of migrant arrivals.
Russia postpones peace talks with Taliban: Afghan President
Russia has agreed to postpone multilateral peace talks with the Taliban, a week after the insurgents accepted an invitation to go to Moscow for a Sept. 4 summit, the office of the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Monday.
Russian court jails Kremlin critic Navalny for 30 days over protest
A Russian court sentenced opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 30 days in jail on Monday after convicting him of breaking public protest laws, a move that will prevent him from leading a planned anti-government rally against pension reform next month.
U.S. blocks WTO judge reappointment as dispute settlement crisis looms
The United States told the World Trade Organization on Monday it would block the reappointment of one of the WTO’s four remaining appeals judges next month, confirming trade experts’ fears of a crisis in the system for settling global rows.
Iran’s Rouhani asks Europe for guarantees on banking channels and oil sales
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday urged the remaining signatories to its 2015 nuclear agreement to act to save the pact, though France’s leader called again for broader talks on Tehran’s missile program and its role in the Middle East region.
Nepal probe blames weeping pilot for deadly airliner crash
A deadly plane crash at Nepal’s international airport was the fault of the pilot, who had been “extremely upset” and chain-smoked and wept in the cockpit during the flight, an investigation report said.
Italy to review country’s infrastructure concessions system: minister
Italy’s Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said on Monday that the country would review its infrastructure concession system on a case-by-case basis to determine whether to nationalize some of them or renegotiate the contracts.
First the EU, now prosecutors: Italy’s home minister thrives on friction
Italy’s hardline interior minister, Matteo Salvini, is surfing a wave of public support after his latest showdown over immigration with the European Union, a row that also pitted him against a new foe: his country’s own judiciary.
German government condemns far-right demo in eastern city after fatal dispute
Germany will not tolerate “vigilante justice”, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said on Monday, after hundreds of far-right supporters protested in the eastern city of Chemnitz against the death of a man involved in a multi-ethnic dispute.
