EU says talks on future UK relationship will be complex and tough,
EU leaders welcomed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s election triumph on Friday as a chance to put three years of Brexit frustration behind them, but cautioned that talks on a new EU-UK relationship would be very difficult.
Portugal PM woos small parties, opposition islanders to guarantee first budget surplus
Prime Minister Antonio Costa will unveil Portugal’s first draft budget with a surplus on Monday, seeing off pressure to loosen the purse strings by negotiating support from an animal rights party and lawmakers from the resort archipelago of Madeira.
Highlights: PM Johnson urges ‘healing’ for Brexit-bound Britain
Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Britain to “let the healing begin” in a speech outside 10 Downing Street on Friday after securing a landslide victory in a divisive national election.
I need a break, says globetrotting Greta
Tireless teenage activist Greta Thunberg has been crisscrossing the globe by car, train and boat – but not plane – to demand action on climate change. But now even she needs a rest.
Indian state seeks to fast-track hanging for rapists after string of brutal attacks
A southern Indian state passed bills on Friday that could see men convicted of rape being hanged within 21 days of police registering a case, after a series of brutal sex attacks led to public demands for speedy and harsh punishment.
Chile must prosecute police, army for violence against protesters: U.N.
Chilean police and soldiers used excessive or unnecessary force to quell recent demonstrations, committing serious human rights violations including unlawful killings and torture that should be prosecuted, the United Nations said on Friday.
Bosnia indicts convicted war criminal Milan Lukic
Bosnia’s war crimes prosecutor on Friday indicted Milan Lukic, the Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader given a life sentence by a U.N. war crimes tribunal, for taking part in the kidnapping and killing of 20 people during the Bosnian war.
Kosovo doctors, teachers strike after court suspends law on wages
Thousands of Kosovo doctors and teachers held a partial strike on Friday after the constitutional court suspended a long-debated law to increase salaries for most state workers.
Russia urges talks in Libya after commander Haftar calls on forces to advance: Ifax
Russia’s foreign ministry on Friday called for dialogue between hostile groups to resolve the crisis in Libya, the Interfax news agency reported, a day after eastern forces’ commander Khalifa Haftar urged an advance towards Tripoli.
Clashes erupt in Delhi over citizenship law; Japan PM cancels visit
Violent clashes erupted in Delhi between police and hundreds of university students on Friday over the enactment of a new citizenship law that critics say undermines India’s secular foundations.
