The ship of the Spanish NGO ProActiva Open Arms has been seized by the prosecutor of Catania, since yesterday docked in the port of Pozzallo (Ragusa), in which the landing of 218 migrants took place. It is the first port in Italy at the center of the investigation for the refusal of the ship to deliver migrants to the Libyan patrol boats intervened at the rescue site or in Malta. The detention was carried out on investigations by the Ragusa mobile team and by the Rome Central Operations Service (SCO). Source agi
Israeli and Russian experts may gather for another meeting to discuss coordination on Syria in the coming days in Moscow, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a government meeting on Sunday. Source: TASS
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen – stung by her party’s crushing defeat in last month’s local elections – could be in for another disappointment at the polls in 2020 if she tries to win a second term as the self-ruled island’s president by playing the “America card”, analysts have warned. Source: South China Morning Post
Belgium’s Prime Minister Charles Michel was left leading a minority administration on Sunday after the Flemish nationalist party quit the ruling coalition over his support of a UN migration pact. The New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), the largest of the coalition’s four parties, had earlier threatened to leave if Michel backed the accord, which has become a cause celebre for European anti-immigration parties. Source: France24
