Pompeo says prepared to talk to Iran ‘anytime’, pressure to continue
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said authorities in Washington were prepared to talk to Iran “anytime”, but that it needed to “fundamentally” change its behavior and that a campaign of maximum pressure against it would continue.
Yemen landmine kills six in convoy carrying defense minister, who is unharmed
Six Yemeni soldiers were killed when a convoy carrying the country’s defense minister was hit by a landmine explosion on Wednesday, but the minister was unharmed, government sources said.
Finland’s foreign minister faces probe over Syria repatriations
Finland’s constitutional committee said on Wednesday it has asked the Prosecutor General to investigate the legality of Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto’s push to repatriate Finnish children from a camp in Syria and his handling of one director at his m…
Revolutionary squads guard Sudan’s bakeries to battle corruption
As bakers in flour-stained clothes knead dough and slide trays of loaves into ovens in Sudan’s capital, a cluster of yellow-vested volunteers keep watch.
Passengers depart coronavirus cruise ship at last; Japan’s effort under fire
Hundreds of people began disembarking a cruise ship in Japan on Wednesday after being held on board for more than two weeks under quarantine, as criticism mounted of Japan’s handling of the biggest coronavirus outbreak outside China.
China ‘virtual idol’ avatars mocked and removed amid coronavirus crisis
The Chinese Communist Party’s Youth League removed a pair of anime-like characters this week after their introduction in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak unleashed a storm of criticism and mockery online.
Merkel: I won’t interfere in search for next leader of my party
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that she would not interfere in the search for the next leader of her Christian Democrats (CDU) after the incumbent, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, said she would step down.
UK heralds end of ‘cheap labor from Europe’ with post-Brexit immigration system
Britain will prioritize access for high-skilled workers from around the world in its post-Brexit points-based immigration system, the government said on Tuesday, setting out its plans to put an end to a reliance on “cheap labor from Europe”.
Libya’s Serraj says talk about resuming peace negotiations has been overtaken by events
Libya’s internationally recognized Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj said on Wednesday talk about resuming peace negotiations has been overtaken by events on the ground amid ongoing shelling from eastern factions trying to take Tripoli.
Pompeo takes veiled swipe at China on final leg of Africa trip
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took a veiled swipe at China during a speech to Ethiopian business leaders on Wednesday, in an apparent amplification of U.S. criticism that Chinese lending for big infrastructure projects pushes poor countries into …
