Threat to hit Turkey in Libya underscores risk of escalation
Turkey warned on Thursday against any attacks on its interests in Libya by Khalifa Haftar’s forces after his Libyan National Army (LNA) threatened to respond to recent military setbacks by striking Turkish positions in the country.
U.S. pulls out of Open Skies treaty, Trump’s latest treaty withdrawal
The United States said on Thursday it will withdraw from the 35-nation Open Skies treaty allowing unarmed surveillance flights over member countries, the Trump administration’s latest move to pull the country out of a major global treaty.
Trump says Russia did not adhere to Open Skies treaty
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he has a good relationship with Russia but Moscow did not adhere to the Open Skies treaty allowing unarmed surveillance flights over member countries.
U.S. to react strongly if China makes move on Hong Kong: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States would react strongly if China follows through on plans to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last year’s often violent pro-democracy unrest.
China doesn’t seem to understand independence of Canada’s judiciary: Trudeau
China does not appear to understand that Canada’s judiciary is independent, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, taking a rare public swipe at Beijing at a time when bilateral ties are poor.
Factbox: China finally moves towards tougher national security laws for Hong Kong
Beijing is moving to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong, it announced on Thursday, following last year’s often violent anti-China unrest that plunged the city into its deepest turmoil since it returned to Beijing rule in 1997.
Catholic priest gives out masks in coronavirus-stricken Amazon favela
As the coronavirus has spread rapidly in the poorest parts of the Amazon’s biggest city, a local priest has begun to make masks in his church and hand them out across his parish.
U.S. reaches consensus with Sudan on ‘contours’ of future claims deal
The United States and Sudan have reached a common understanding on the “contours” of a future bilateral claims agreement linked to the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, the U.S. State Department’s top diplomat for Africa s…
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll and new cases broadly stable
Italy recorded 156 new deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic on Thursday, against 161 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new cases also declined slightly to 642 from 665 on Wednesday.
U.S. says reached consensus with Sudan on ‘contours’ of future claims agreement
The United States and Sudan have reached a common understanding on the ‘contours’ of a future bilateral claims agreement linked to the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, U.S. State Department’s top diplomat for Africa said …
