The European Union is drawing ​up plans to ‌force European companies to buy critical ​components from ​at least three different ⁠suppliers, in ​an attempt to ​reduce the bloc’s reliance on China, the Financial ​Times reported ​on Monday, citing two ‌EU ⁠officials familiar with the matter.

Taiwan will not provoke any conflict but will also not give up its sovereignty, said its president Lai Ching-te after a high-stakes summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping where they discussed the issue of Taiwan’s independence.

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake in China’s southwest region ​of Guangxi early on Monday ‌killed two and forced more than 7,000 in the city of ​Liuzhou to evacuate as ​search and rescue operations continue and ⁠authorities warn of transport ​disruptions.

US President Donald Trump has warned Iran the “clock is ticking” as talks to bring the war to an end have stalled.

The hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius was ​due to dock in Rotterdam on Monday morning for disinfection, with Dutch authorities preparing quarantine arrangements for the 25 crew ‌members and two medical staff remaining on board.

G7 finance ministers gathering in Paris on Monday will try to find common ground on ​tackling global economic tensions and coordinating critical raw material supplies, even as geopolitical differences threaten to test the group’s cohesion.

Russia has intercepted and destroyed at ​least 3,124 Ukrainian drones ‌over the past week, the RIA state news ​agency said, citing ​data from the Defence ⁠Ministry.

Moldovan leaders denounced as a threat Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer of simplified Russian citizenship for the country’s pro-Russian Transdniestria separatist enclave and contemplated ​measures to counteract it.

A drone strike caused a fire at a nuclear power plant in the ​United Arab Emirates, officials there said on Sunday, while Saudi Arabia reported intercepting three drones, as U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Iran must act “fast” after efforts to ‌end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran appeared to have stalled.

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international ‌concern by the World Health Organisation, after 80 suspected deaths.

A Trump administration-backed celebration of U.S. religious heritage on Sunday is highlighting conservative Christian leaders’ ties to the president as ​critics say the gathering does not reflect the country’s diverse faith landscape.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern.