Beijing won’t rule out Hong Kong military action
Questions are starting to mount over where the threshold is for intervention by the Chinese military in Hong Kong’s protest violence. Neither Beijing nor Hong...
Romania’s top court overturns criminal code changes
Romania’s Constitutional Court on Monday struck down changes to the criminal code made by the ruling Social Democrats that would have halted many anti-graft cases...
Italy mourns policeman, holds U.S. teenagers for suspected murder
Hundreds of mourners, including Italian political leaders, packed a provincial church on Monday for the funeral of a policeman allegedly murdered by two American teenagers...
6-year-old among dead at festival shooting: reports
Police in Northern California were searching early on Monday for a suspected accomplice of the gunman who killed three people in a mass shooting at...
South Africa’s Gordhan wins reprieve from public protector’s orders
South African minister Pravin Gordhan won a bid to avoid imminent disciplinary action on Monday after a court suspended orders from the public protector, in...
Bosnian divers jump off historic bridge to celebrate 15th anniversary of reconstruction
Amateur divers plunged into a part of history on Sunday as they jumped from Old Bridge in the Bosnian city of Mostar as part of...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards publish purported exchange with British warship
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards published footage purportedly showing the Guards warning off a British warship during their July 19 seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker...
Wall Street set to open flat as Fed policy meeting looms
U.S. stocks were set to open just off record highs on Monday, pausing at the start of a week likely to be dominated by Wednesday’s...
Rape accuser of Indian ruling party lawmaker battles for life after accident
Indian police were investigating on Monday a highway collision that critically injured a woman who had accused a legislator of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party...
UK plays Brexit hardball with ‘stubborn’ EU, pound tumbles to a 28-month low
Sterling slid to a 28-month low on Monday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government said it now assumed there would be a no-deal Brexit because...