Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker revives plan for Mohammad cartoon contest
Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders on Saturday said he had revived his plan to hold a contest for cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammad, more than a year after canceling such an event out of fear for attacks in the Netherlands.
North Korea’s Kim holds ruling party’s plenary meeting before year-end deadline
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened a meeting of top ruling party officials on Saturday to discuss important policy matters ahead of the year-end deadline set by Kim for the United States, the state news agency said on Sunday.
Ivory Coast leader says Soro must face full force of the law
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Saturday said former rebel leader and presidential candidate Guillaume Soro was not above the law and would face justice for allegedly seeking to destabilize the country.
UK honours recipients’ addresses accidentally leaked online
The British government accidentally published online the addresses of the New Year’s Honours 2020 recipients, it said on Saturday.
From newlywed to widow on a deadly morning in Mogadishu
Her ears still ringing from the deafening sound of an explosion near her home in the Somali capital on Saturday morning, 18-year-old Qali Ibrahim frantically dialed her husband’s mobile phone. Minutes earlier he had left home, hammer and saw in hand, headed out for a day of construction work.
UK honors recipients’ addresses accidentally leaked online
The British government accidentally published online the addresses of the New Year’s Honors 2020 recipients, it said on Saturday.
Bolivia is not a Mexican colony, acting foreign minister Longaric tells El Pais
Mexico should stay out of Bolivian domestic affairs after the collapse last month of former leader Evo Morales’s Socialist government, Bolivia’s acting foreign minister Karen Longaric was quoted saying in an interview published on Saturday.
Iran summons Kuwait envoy in Tehran to protest about ‘anti-Iranian’ meeting: statement
Iran summoned Kuwait’s envoy in Tehran on Saturday to protest about Kuwaiti officials meeting a representative of a “terrorist group” and hosting an “anti-Iranian” meeting, Iran’s foreign ministry said in a statement on its website.
Scuffles break out in Paris as pensions protesters, ‘yellow vests’ march
Protesters marching against the French government’s planned pension reform clashed with the police in Paris on Saturday as police fired tear gas to disperse some groups of demonstrators.
Italian PM Conte names new ministers, sets policy agenda for 2020
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte named two new ministers on Saturday to replace his education minister who resigned this week and outlined an ambitious agenda for next year including reform of the justice system and state bureaucracy.
