Italy’s Salvini asserts ‘natural family’ in move against same-sex parents
Italy’s right-wing Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has ordered the wording on some official forms changed so that same-sex couples cannot both declare themselves as a child’s parents.
Zimbabwe’s Chamisa files challenge to election result in court
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, filed a court challenge on Friday against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory, he wrote on Twitter, a move that would delay Mnangagwa’s inauguration that had been slated for this Sunday.
Two police officers among four fatally shot in Canada: authorities
Four people, including two police officers, were killed in a shooting in eastern Canada on Friday in the latest eruption of gun violence across the country that has led to calls for weapons bans in cities.
Erdogan tells Turks to buy free-falling lira as Trump doubles metals tariffs
President Tayyip Erdogan told Turks on Friday to exchange their gold and dollars into lira, with the country’s currency in free fall after President Donald Trump turned the screws on Ankara by doubling tariffs on metals imports.
On Istanbul streets, defiant Turks see U.S. hand behind lira crisis
Serap, a 23-year-old clerk at a clothes store in central Istanbul, is sure of who to blame for the precipitous slide in Turkey’s lira currency.
Saudi Arabia intercepts two missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthis on Jizan: Arabiya TV
Saudi Arabia intercepted two missiles on Friday fired by Yemen’s Houthi group on its southern Jizan province, al-Arabiya TV reported.
U.N. General Assembly approves Chile’s Bachelet as rights chief
The United Nations General Assembly approved on Friday the appointment of former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet as the world body’s new human rights chief.
U.S. strongly condemns Russian use of chemical weapons: White House
The White House said on Friday the United States strongly condemned Russia’s use of chemical weapons against a former Russian agent in Britain, two days after the U.S. State Department announced sanctions over the move.
UK Muslim convert admits plotting carnage with Oxford Street attack
A Muslim convert has admitted plotting to kill more than 100 people by driving a truck into pedestrians on London’s Oxford Street, the capital’s major shopping thoroughfare.
Yemen’s Houthis say they fired ballistic missile at Saudi base
Yemen’s Houthi group has fired a ballistic missile at a Saudi Arabian base in the province of Aseer, the Houthis’ Masirah TV reported on Friday.
