WASHINGTON -- The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on Monday that it will consider the nomination of Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva, currently chief executive officer of the World Bank, for the position of IMF managing director. (IMF-Nomination-Georgieva)

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LONDON -- The bill to prevent British Prime Minister Boris Johnson from taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal with Brussels was given Royal Assent on Monday by Queen Elizabeth II.

The signing of the so-called no-deal bill by the British monarch came after politicians in both the House of Commons and House of Lords rushed the legislative process through Parliament ahead of its planned suspension. (Britain-Brexit-Royal Assent)

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HARARE -- The Zimbabwe government on Monday released the burial program for late former leader Robert Mugabe who died in Singapore last Friday at the age of 95.

Addressing the media, information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said Mugabe's body was expected to arrive in the country on Wednesday. (Zimbabwe-Mugabe-Funeral)

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BAGHDAD -- A total of nine Islamic State (IS) militants were killed and four others captured on Monday in an operation by security forces and an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition aircraft in the central Iraqi province of Salahudin.

After a reconnaissance operation in on the rugged area of Mteibijah near the provincial border with Diyala, a commando force from the Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) conducted an airdrop operation on IS positions in the area, Mohammed al-Bazi from Salahudin's provincial police told Xinhua. (Iraq-IS-Operation) Enditem

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