Myanmar youth, journalists demonstrate against jailing of Reuters reporters
At least 100 Myanmar youth activists and journalists called for the release of two jailed Reuters journalists on Sunday, warning that the seven-year prison terms handed to the pair this month threaten the public’s right to information.
UAE approves law granting residency to retired property investors
The United Arab Emirates government approved on Sunday a law that allows expatriates to stay in the country after retirement if they own a property valued about $545,000.
Russians resume protests against pension age reform after detentions
Around 500 people demonstrated in St Petersburg on Sunday against planned increases in Russia’s pension age, a week after hundreds were detained for protesting against the reform that has hurt President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating.
Germany committed over long-term to help Iraq rebuild: defense minister
German forces will be needed in Iraq for a long time to help rebuild the country’s military as it struggles to ensure that Islamic State militants do not regroup in underground cells, German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday.
Saudi-led air strike kills four at Yemen radio station, U.N. intensifies diplomacy
A air strike by the Saudi-led coalition against a radio station in Yemen’s Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah killed four people on Sunday, residents and medical sources said.
Palestinian stabs U.S.-Israeli citizen to death at West Bank mall
A Palestinian fatally stabbed an American-born Jewish settler in the occupied West Bank on Sunday then was himself shot and seized by armed civilians who gave chase.
Kremlin says Skripal poisoning suspects have nothing to do with Putin: Ifax
The two suspects in the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal have nothing to do with Russian President Vladimir Putin or the government, a Kremlin spokesman was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying on Sunday.
Team Macron challenges French Senate over bodyguard hearing
Close allies of the French president rounded on the opposition-led senate, warning it against abusing its power and seeking to undermine the presidency after it compelled Emmanuel Macron’s former bodyguard to answer questions over his violent conduct.
London mayor calls for second Brexit referendum
London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for another referendum on Britain’s European Union membership, saying the prime minister’s handling of Brexit negotiations had become “mired in confusion and deadlock” and was leading the country down a damaging path….
Air strike kills four at radio station in Yemen’s Hodeidah: residents, medics
Four people were killed on Sunday in an air strike that targeted a radio station in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, residents and medical sources told Reuters.
