AFP, BRUSSELS: The EU warned Switzerland on Monday over a vote by one of its cantons backing curbs on migrants, an issue being closely watched in London as a possible template for Brexit negotiations. A measure making it more difficult for foreign workers to be employed won 58 percent of the vote in…

AFP, WASHINGTON: Charlotte authorities lifted a curfew late Sunday that had been set following sometimes violent protests over a fatal police shooting of a black man in the southern US city. In a joint statement, Mayor Jennifer Roberts and the chairman of the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners,…

AFP, YANGON: Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been forced to take a rest from her state duties after becoming unwell during a state trip abroad, her office said Monday. The 71-year-old was diagnosed with gastritis after returning from a visit to Britain and the US, her first trip…

AFP, BEIJING: China has sent fighter planes for the first time over a strait near Japan, the two governments said Monday, after Tokyo announced it may patrol alongside the US in the disputed South China Sea.More than 40 Chinese military aircraft on Sunday traversed the Miyako Strait between Japan’s…

AFP, RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian leaders Monday accused Donald Trump of abandoning any hope of a two-state solution after the Republican…

AFP, PARIS: Strollers and cyclists can breathe easy on the banks of the Seine after Paris on Monday approved a plan to ban cars on a long stretch of riverside road cutting across the city. Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo hailed the move as a “historic decision, the end of an urban motorway and the…