Lebanese troops clash with demonstrators protesting new Hezbollah-backed premier: witnesses
Lebanese troops fired tear gas in Beirut on Friday to disperse hundreds of youths who were protesting against the designation of a new prime minister backed by Hezbollah and its allies, witnesses said.
Wikileaks’ Assange appears in court in Spain spying investigation
Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a Madrid court via videolink from Britain on Friday as part of an investigation into his allegations that a Spanish firm spied on him while he lived inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
Poland lower house adopts judiciary reform despite EU concerns
Poland’s lower house of parliament approved the latest reform of the judiciary on Friday, despite the European Commission calling it to hold off adopting a law which it says would imperil the rule of law.
Russia, backed by China, casts 14th U.N. veto on Syria to block cross-border aid
Russia, backed by China, on Friday cast its 14th U.N. Security Council veto since the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011 to block cross-border aid deliveries from Turkey and Iraq to millions of Syrian civilians.
Greece to extradite Russian cybercrime suspect to France
Greece will extradite a Russian man suspected of having laundered billions of dollars in the digital currency bitcoin to France, the justice minister decided on Friday, court officials said.
UK prosecutors to charge U.S. diplomat’s wife over fatal car crash
British prosecutors said on Friday they had decided to charge the wife of a U.S. diplomat over a fatal car crash in England and to seek her extradition, a decision that “disappointed” Washington.
‘Oh my God, look at that ship!’: massive cruise liners collide off Mexico
Two Carnival Corp cruise ships collided on Friday in the port of Mexico’s Caribbean resort of Cozumel, the luxury cruise operator said, crushing the stern of a 952-foot-long (290-meter) vessel and leaving passengers stunned at the loud impact.
Tanzanian police arrest activist whose employers thought had been abducted
Tanzanian police said on Friday they had arrested a human rights activist in the commercial capital of Dar es Salaam hours after the rights group that employs him said he was snatched off the street by men in civilian clothes.
U.S. diplomat’s wife says will not return to UK over fatal crash
Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a U.S. diplomat, will not return voluntarily to Britain to face charges for causing death by dangerous driving, her lawyer said on Friday.
UK foreign minister says Sacoolas return would be ‘right thing to do’
Foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Friday he welcomed the decision by British prosecutors to charge a U.S. diplomat’s wife with causing death by dangerous driving after a car crash in central England four months ago in which teenager Harry Dunn died…
