Saudi Arabia would not tolerate outside interference in its affairs: foreign minister
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on Monday criticized Canada’s calls to free arrested civil society activists as a position built on “misleading” information, and said his country would not tolerate any interference in its own affairs.
Security forces in eastern Ethiopia kill four protesters: witness
Security forces in Ethiopia’s eastern Somali region on Monday shot dead four people protesting against the looting of their shops and homes in weekend unrest, a witness said.
Wildfire surges back in Portugal’s Algarve, 1,000 firefighters mobilized
More than 1,150 firefighters battled resurging flames as huge fires swept the forested hills of Portugal’s southern Algarve tourist region on Monday, with late winds fanning the blaze and forcing the evacuation of another village.
Venezuela’s Maduro rallies supporters after drone blasts
Hundreds of flag-waving supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rallied in central Caracas on Monday to show support for the leftist leader following weekend drone blasts that the government called an assassination attempt.
Russia expels Greek diplomats in retaliatory move
Russia said on Monday it had summoned Greece’s ambassador to Moscow and told him it was responding in kind to what it called an unfriendly decision by Athens to expel two Russian diplomats.
U.N. must do better job of protecting staff, whistle-blowers: inspectors
United Nations agencies must improve ways for staff to report harassment, retaliation and other forms of misconduct and safeguard whistle-blowers who are prepared to reveal cases of abuse, an independent oversight body said on Monday.
Slovakia to allow police officers to testify on alleged kidnapping of Vietnamese
Slovakia’s Interior Ministry will allow police officers to testify in an investigation into the case of a former Vietnamese business executive who Germany says was kidnapped by Vietnamese agents in Germany and smuggled back home through Slovakia.
UK to ask Russia to extradite suspects in nerve agent attack: Guardian newspaper
Britain is ready to ask Russia to extradite two men it suspects of carrying out a nerve agent attack on a Russian former spy in the English city of Salisbury, the Guardian newspaper reported on Monday, citing government and security sources.
U.S. revives sanctions to further damage Iran’s economy
The Trump administration expects economic sanctions that it is re-imposing on Iran this week to further cripple the Iranian economy and will aggressively enforce the measures, senior U.S. administration officials said on Monday.
EU aims to block U.S. sanctions on Iran
The European Union vowed on Monday to counter U.S. President Donald Trump’s renewal of sanctions on Iran, in a test of the EU’s ability to preserve a deal that saw Iran limit its nuclear ambitions in exchange for removing strict curbs on its economy.
