Factbox: How France’s government wants to change the pension system
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Wednesday outlined plans for a long-anticipated overhaul of France’s pension system that he said would be fairer and encourage people to work. Protesters continued strikes across the country, however, and unions vowe…
Lawyers ransack Pakistani hospital in row with doctors, patient dies
More than 100 lawyers stormed and ransacked a hospital in Pakistan on Wednesday to avenge what they said was an assault by doctors there on a fellow advocate, and an elderly patient died during the disturbance, authorities said.
Pakistan scholar’s blasphemy trial enters final stages as U.S. raises alarm
A Pakistani court will hear final arguments on Thursday in the blasphemy trial of a liberal scholar and former university lecturer a week after a U.S. religious freedom commission placed his name on its list of global victims, his lawyer said.
North Korean hackers are working with Eastern European cybercriminals: report
North Korean state-backed hackers appear to be cooperating with Eastern European cybercriminals, a report https://labs.sentinelone.com/the-deadly-planeswalker-how-the-trickbot-group-united-high-tech-crimeware-apt said on Wednesday, a finding that sugge…
French CGT union leader says pension reform is a ‘mockery’
The head of France’s hardline CGT union Philippe Martinez dismissed on Wednesday the government’s planned reform of the pensions system.
EU court should not intervene in Croatia/Slovenia border dispute: adviser
An adviser at the EU Court of Justice agreed with Croatia on Wednesday that settling the border between Slovenia and Croatia was not a matter on which EU courts should rule.
Suu Kyi tell U.N.’s top court charge of Rohingya genocide is ‘misleading’
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday rejected accusations of genocide committed against her country’s Muslim Rohingya minority as “incomplete and misleading”, and said the case should not be heard by the U.N.’s highest court.
Germany unaware of extradition request for Georgian killed in Berlin
The German government said on Wednesday it was unaware that Russia had made an extradition request for a Georgian man murdered in Berlin in August after Russian President Vladimir Putin said requests from Moscow had not been heeded.
Algerian protesters demand Thursday’s election be canceled
A big crowd of protesters marched through central Algiers on Wednesday to demand Thursday’s presidential election be canceled, chanting that they would not vote in a poll they regard as a charade.
Taliban attack on U.S. military base kills one, injures scores
Suicide bombers struck the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring scores in a major attack that could scupper plans to revive peace talks between the United States and the Taliban.
