Splits deepen over British minister Johnson’s burqa comments
Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson returned from his summer holiday to face both criticism and support over his remarks about burqas, amid deepening divisions in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party on Sunday.
Russia, Iran, others sign deal on Caspian Sea’s legal status
Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan signed on Sunday a convention on the Caspian Sea’s legal status, a matter disputed between the five for more than two decades.
Intense fighting in Afghan city Ghazni as Taliban presses
Taliban insurgents attacked police headquarters and other government buildings in Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Sunday and were threatening to seize control of the city, with the main highway now heavily mined, local lawmakers and residents said.
Four security members, at least three militants, killed in Jordan shoot out
Security forces pulled the bodies of three suspected militants from the wreckage of a building in a central Jordanian city on Sunday following a shoot-out in which at least four security personnel were also killed, the government said.
French theme park sends rooks out on litter patrol
A French theme park has trained six rooks to pick up cigarette butts and other rubbish dropped by visitors in return for food.
President Keita favorite to win Mali poll overshadowed by militant threat
Malians voted in a run-off presidential election on Sunday, with incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita expected to beat the opposition challenger despite a surge in ethnic and militant violence during his tenure.
U.S. ambassador urges Britain to ditch support for Iran nuclear deal
The United States urged Britain on Sunday to ditch its support for a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and instead join forces with Washington to counter the global threat it says Tehran poses.
No one can ‘obliterate’ Taiwan’s existence, president says on departure for U.S.
Vowing that “no one can obliterate Taiwan’s existence,” President Tsai Ing-wen left on Sunday for the United States and two of Taipei’s remaining diplomatic allies, amid pressure from China to try to stamp out references to the island internationally.
Jordan retrieves bodies of three suspected militants after shoot out
Security forces on Sunday pulled the bodies of three suspected militants out of a partially collapsed building in a city in central Jordan following a shoot out, a government spokeswoman said.
Indian PM Modi confident of bigger win in 2019 elections: Times of India
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would be re-elected with an even bigger majority in parliament in 2019, dismissing opposition attempts to rouse opinion against his government for failing to deliver on promises of swift economic development …
