Nigeria’s opposition PDP selects Abubakar as 2019 presidential election
Atiku Abubakar won on Sunday almost half the votes cast in a primary race to become the main opposition challenger to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s elections, party officials said.
Pompeo, Kim agree to second U.S.-North Korea summit ‘as soon as possible’: South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed to arrange a second summit “as soon as possible,” and discussed potential U.S. inspections of North Korean nuclear sites, South Korea’s presidential office said on Sunday.
Anger, dismay as Indonesia says search for quake victims to end
Relatives of hundreds of people missing after an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia reacted with anger, sadness and resignation on Sunday to a decision by the state disaster agency to end searches for bodies later this week.
UK PM May seeks support as others draw Brexit battle lines
Prime Minister Theresa May appealed to wavering British voters on Sunday ahead of a defining few months in which she hopes to secure a Brexit deal and face down opponents who say her EU exit plan is too hard, too soft, or just plain wrong.
Italy will close airports to unauthorized migrant flights: Salvini
Italy will close its airports to unauthorized planes carrying migrants from Germany, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said on Sunday, ratcheting up a dispute between the EU partners over how to share responsibility for asylum seekers.
Isolated incidents of unrest as Cameroon goes to the polls
Cameroon saw isolated incidents of unrest in separatist Anglophone regions during voting on Sunday in an election widely expected to extend the rule of President Paul Biya, one of Africa’s last multi-decade leaders.
Scotland’s Sturgeon promises independence plan once UK Brexit deal known
Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she would set out her plans for a fresh independence drive as soon as she sees what kind of Brexit deal Prime Minister Theresa May brings back from Brussels.
Erdogan adviser Aktay says missing Saudi journalist killed in Istanbul consulate
An adviser to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he believed prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has been missing for six days, was killed in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul.
Vatican takes off gloves, accuses papal critic of ‘calumny, defamation’
A top Vatican official on Sunday issued a scathing open letter accusing an archbishop who launched an unprecedented attack on Pope Francis of mounting a “political frame job devoid of real foundation”.
Pompeo, Kim agree to second U.S.-North Korea summit ‘as soon as possible’: South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed to arrange a second summit between the two countries as soon as possible, South Korea’s presidential office said on Sunday.
