French police fire tear gas at strikers challenging Macron reform
Police fired tear gas at protesters in the center of Paris on Thursday and public transport ground to a near halt in one of the biggest strikes in France for decades, aimed at forcing President Emmanuel Macron to ditch a planned reform of pensions.
Labour officials detail alleged anti-Semitism to UK equality watchdog
Seventy serving and former officials in Britain’s main opposition Labour Party have made critical submissions to an independent inquiry investigating alleged anti-Semitism in the party.
Swedish government faces crisis over job center privatization
Sweden’s Left Party said on Thursday it will call a vote of no-confidence in Employment Minister Eva Nordmark in a move that could derail the deal between the ruling center-left coalition and two center-right parties that keeps the government in power….
Factbox: Ukraine, Russia leaders to meet in Paris for peace talks
The presidents of Ukraine and Russia will meet in Paris next Monday to discuss a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and the exchange of prisoners but diplomats see little chance of a breakthrough.
Iran vows to continue missile work, dismisses EU powers’ U.N. letter
Iran on Thursday rejected pressure to shelve its ballistic missile program after a European letter to the U.N. Security Council accused Tehran of developing missiles capable of delivering nuclear bombs.
Iran says it will continue ballistic missile program: tweet
Iran said in a letter to the United Nations on Thursday that it is determined to go ahead with its disputed ballistic missile program, according to a copy of the letter tweeted by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Slovak leader asks court to quash Europe’s longest pre-election poll blackout
Slovakia’s president asked the Constitutional Court on Thursday to strike down a lengthy ban on publishing opinion polls ahead of elections in February, a restriction seen by most opposition parties as an attempt to sideline political newcomers.
Chileans get on their bikes as protests hobble public transport
Chileans are increasingly turning to bikes to get to work after weeks of rioting have hobbled Santiago’s metro system, destroyed hundreds of stop lights and left broken glass and debris littering its once-orderly streets.
Groups sue Trump administration over new social media disclosure requirements
Two documentary film groups filed suit Thursday against the Trump administration challenging new rules adopted earlier this year that require nearly all U.S. visitors to disclose social media user information used in the last five years.
North Korea revives ‘dotard’ label in warning to Trump over ‘Rocket Man’ remarks
U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments on military force and the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un, would represent “a very dangerous challenge” if they were intended to provoke Pyongyang, a top North Korean diplomat said on Thursday.
