After 18 years apart, Ethiopian man finds his family in Eritrea
When Ethiopia and Eritrea went to war in 1998 and deported each other’s nationals en masse, Addisalem Hadgu thought he had nothing to worry about, safe in the belief his Ethiopian passport would shield his Eritrean wife from expulsion.
Nobody killed in incident in northern Germany, perpetrator in custody: police
German police said on Twitter that nobody had been killed in an incident on a bus in the northern German city of Luebeck on Friday and added that the perpetrator was in police custody.
Bulgaria parliament bars government from signing deals on migrant readmissions
Bulgaria’s parliament voted on Friday to bar the government from signing bilateral agreements with other European Union countries on readmitting migrants who arrived in Europe via the Black Sea state.
Caracas’ dying botanical garden highlights Venezuela’s decay
Dead palm trees and a dried-up lagoon are what you see when you enter Caracas’s botanical garden. A UNESCO World Heritage site and once one of the city’s most important tourist spots, its directors are trying to rescue it from abandonment.
Man arrested after knife attack on German bus
A man armed with a knife attacked people on a bus in the northern city of Luebeck on Friday, injuring 10 including one seriously before he was arrested, police said, adding there was no indication he was radicalized or had a terrorist motive.
As Ethiopia’s ‘Wall’ comes down, exiles dream of going home
First came the shock, then the tears of joy, then the dreams of home.
Zimbabwe presidential election too close to call – poll
Zimbabwe’s July 30 presidential election will provide no clear winner, with 40 percent of voters choosing President Emmerson Mnangagwa and 37 percent his opponent, Nelson Chamisa, according to an Afrobarometer poll released on Friday.
Russia’s Putin pledges unpopular pension reform plan will be reviewed
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday a plan to raise the retirement age would be reviewed, signaling a retreat from a reform that is needed to balance state finances but which has hurt his popularity.
Rival warplane projects underline Europe’s divisions
Britain’s showy launch of a new fighter jet project at this week’s Farnborough Airshow has laid bare political tensions that are threatening to tear Europe apart and deepened scepticism about the future of European defense cooperation.
Turkish woman, children missing on Greece-Turkey border: police
Greek police were searching on Friday for a Turkish woman and her three children missing after a boat carrying nine people capsized in the Evros river separating Greece from Turkey, police said.
