BRUSSELS (AP) — EU announces it will start legal action against the UK for its plans to breach the Brexit withdrawal treaty.

LONDON (AP) — UK foreign secretary says Britain is preparing sanctions for human rights violations in Belarus.

CAIRO (AP) — Head of Libya’s U.N.-backed gov't says he wants to hand over power to a new administration next month amid peace talks.

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Diplomat says Mali's deposed president has been evacuated to Abu Dhabi for medical treatment after detention by junta.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Tribunal spokesperson says the Khmer Rouge’s chief jailer, convicted of war crimes, has died in a Cambodian hospital.

BEIRUT (AP) — Diplomat appointed to form new government in crisis-hit Lebanon, says he hopes to implement major reforms.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Telephone service between the United Arab Emirates and Israel begins as two countries open diplomatic ties.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — US says the UN Security Council has rejected an American resolution to extend the UN arms embargo on Iran indefinitely.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians call Israel-UAE deal on diplomatic ties, halt to annexation 'treason' and demand its retraction.

PARIS (AP) — International donors say aid to Lebanon's recovery after explosion will come with reforms demanded by protesters.

BEIJING (AP) — China says US has ordered it to close Houston consulate in what it calls a provocation that violates international law.

LONDON (AP) — UK foreign secretary extends immigration rights to Hong Kong BNO passport holders to 5 years.

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo's president has pulled out of a White House meeting with Serbia following his indictment on war crimes charges.