UK prosecutors charge U.S. diplomat’s wife over fatal car crash
British prosecutors said on Friday they have decided to charge the wife of a U.S. diplomat, with causing death by dangerous driving and will seek her extradition after a car crash in central England in August in which a teenager died.
Japan PM: seriously concerned about Iran scaling back nuclear deal commitments
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday expressed serious concerns to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani over Iran scaling back its commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal, and urged him to refrain from taking steps that undermine the agreement, a Japane…
China will not let foreign forces interfere in Hong Kong, Macau: Xi
President Xi Jinping said on Friday China would never allow foreign forces to interfere in its special regions, including Hong Kong, as he swore in a new pro-Beijing government for the gambling hub of Macau.
Indian police fire tear gas in clashes with stone-throwing Muslims angry at citizenship law
Indian police fired tear gas and clashed with crowds of stone-throwing Muslims who took to the streets after Friday prayers across the north of the country in anger at a citizenship law they say discriminates against the secular constitution.
After court ruling, Catalan separatists get temporary badges as EU lawmakers
Catalan separatist leaders Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comin received temporary accreditation as members of the European Parliament on Friday, a day after the European Union’s highest court issued a ruling with favorable implications for them.
Russia’s security service swoops on suspect’s home after deadly shooting
Russia’s FSB security service on Friday searched the home of a man named by Russian media as the prime suspect in a rare shooting incident near the FSB’s central Moscow headquarters, neighbours told Reuters.
Thousands flee bombardment in northwest Syria, head to Turkish border
Thousands of people have fled to the Turkish border from the last big opposition stronghold in northwestern Syria because of an intensified bombardment by Russian forces and the Syrian army, residents and rescue workers said on Friday.
Pakistani Islamist leader pleads not guilty on terrorism financing charges
Pakistani Islamist militant Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of deadly 2008 attacks in Mumbai, pleaded not guilty on Friday in a second case on charges of financing terrorism, a government prosecutor and a defense lawyer said.
UK policy to allow secret agents to commit crimes is lawful, tribunal rules
A policy which allows British security service agents to commit serious criminal activities including violence is lawful, a tribunal ruled by a slim majority on Friday.
Erdogan says Turkey won’t be silent over mercenaries in Libya
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that Turkey will not stay silent over Russian-backed mercenaries supporting Khalifa Haftar in Libya, as Moscow voiced concerns over possible Turkish military deployment to Libya in support of Haftar’s enemies.
