Britain's future
Minister under fire after joke about drugging his wife
Resignation demands are being heard against British Home Secretary James Cleverly because of comments he is said to have made during a private gathering at Downing Street last week, British media write.
Just hours after the government announced tougher crackdowns on people who spike other people's drinks, Cleverly joked that he puts Rohypnol in his wife's drink every night and that it "isn't exactly illegal if it's just a little bit," according to The Times.
The secret to a successful marriage, continued Cleverly, is that one's partner "is always slightly sedated so that she can never realize that there are better men out there."
Rohypnol has become known as a rape drug, writes The Times.
Through a spokesperson, the minister apologizes. The spokesperson also says it was an "ironic joke" in a private conversation.
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The Israel-Iran relationship
Iran: Top general killed in Israeli attack in Syria
Iran's state television interrupted its regular news broadcast on Monday to announce that senior adviser and general Sayyed Razi Mousavi had been killed in an Israeli airstrike outside the Syrian capital Damascus.
According to Reuters sources, Mousavi was responsible for coordinating the military alliance between Syria and Iran. The state news agency Irna writes that he was one of the most experienced advisers to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unit in Syria.
"Israel will pay for this," the Revolutionary Guards wrote in a statement according to Iranian television.
Israel's military has not commented on the allegations.
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Plane stuck for four days - two arrested for trafficking
A plane carrying 300 passengers from India was allowed to take off on Monday after being stuck at Vatry airport in northeastern France for four days, AP reports.
The plane, which was en route from the United Arab Emirates to Nicaragua, had made a stopover in France but was banned from taking off after French police received an anonymous tip about a suspected case of human smuggling.
When the plane took off on Monday, there were only 276 passengers on board. Two of the passengers have been arrested for suspected trafficking. The rest who remained in France have applied for asylum in the country.
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The ship attacks
Maersk turns around – will return to the Red Sea
Danish shipping giant Mærsk plans to resume shipping through the Red Sea. That after a US-led force was formed to protect trade, writes Bloomberg.
The world's second largest shipping company is now planning to let the first ships pass through the Red Sea "as soon as possible" according to a statement.
The announcement comes just days after Mærsk predicted that Huthi rebels' attacks could cause shipping problems for months.
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