Thai boys wave to the world in first video since their rescue
The first video of the Thai boys rescued from a flooded cave after 17 days was released on Wednesday, showing them smiling and waving from their hospital beds, looking thin but fine after an ordeal that has gripped the world.
Political ‘turncoats’ boost Imran Khan’s prospects in Pakistan poll
Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar, a Pakistani landowner and politician, recently switched to his third party in a decade. That is unlikely to prevent him retaining his seat in parliament this month, thanks to loyalty to a family name that has held sway over pol…
Israel shoots down Syria drone; Netanyahu to meet Putin
Israel shot down a Syrian drone that penetrated its airspace on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Moscow to for talks with Damascus’s biggest ally about a Syrian advance near the volatile frontier.
Trump, Merkel meet at NATO after he slams Germany
U.S. President Donald Trump held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Brussels on Wednesday, hours after he fiercely criticized German policy on defense spending and gas imports from Russia.
A weaker NATO would cost allies more, says French presidency official
French President Emmanuel Macron believes a weakening of the trans-Atlantic alliance will be more costly in the long run for its members, an official in the Elysee Palace said on Wednesday, amid divisions over U.S. calls for European states to contribu…
Body of jurists urges Poland to restore court ‘independence’
A Geneva-based association of jurists called on Poland on Wednesday to “restore the independence of the judiciary”, adding another voice to a row between Warsaw and the European Union.
Thailand’s Tham Luang cave to become museum to showcase boys’ rescue
A cave complex in Thailand where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach were trapped for more than two weeks before they were safely brought out will be turned into a museum to showcase the rescue, the head of the operation said on Wednesday.
Portuguese police nab dozens of Hells Angels biker gang members
Over 400 Portuguese police, including the antiterrorism unit, detained several dozen members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club in raids on 80 homes and localities across the country on Wednesday.
In East-West diplomatic drama, Helsinki punches above its weight
For a city of just 600,000 people on the northeast periphery of Europe, Helsinki has played an outsized role in the fraught relationship between its giant neighbor Russia and the West.
Gunmen kill fourth Philippine local official in a week
Two motorcycle-borne gunmen on Wednesday killed the vice mayor of a southern Philippine town, the fourth local official assassinated in a week, including one President Rodrigo Duterte said may have had links to illegal drugs.
