UK honors recipients’ addresses accidentally leaked online: BBC
The British government accidentally published online the home and work addresses of more than 1,000 New Year’s Honors recipients including singer Sir Elton John, the BBC reported on Saturday.
Iraqi protesters shut down southern Nassiriya oilfield
Protesters broke into Iraq’s southern Nassiriya oilfield on Saturday and forced employees to cut off electricity from its control station, taking the field offline until further notice, a security source and two oil sources said.
Britain’s Harry and Meghan file for Sussex Royal trade mark
Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have filed to register the name of their charitable foundation, Sussex Royal, as a trade mark, according to a document published on the Intellectual Property Office’s website.
Truck bomb kills at least 90 in Mogadishu: international organization
At least 90 people were killed when a bomb-laden truck exploded at a busy checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an international organization working in the country said, in the deadliest attack in more than two years.
Algeria names new prime minister
Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Saturday named a university professor and former diplomat as prime minister as he builds a new government to handle political unrest and a looming economic challenge.
Riyadh signs deal with Raytheon Saudi Arabia to localize Patriot maintenance
Saudi Arabia signed a deal with the local unit of U.S. weapons maker Raytheon on Saturday to localize maintenance of its Patriot missile defense system, as part of efforts to boost Saudi’s defense industries and its broader economy.
South Ossetia releases imprisoned Georgian doctor
Separatists in Georgia’s Russian-controlled region of South Ossetia on Saturday released a Georgian doctor who was arrested last month for entering the breakaway territory, the state security service in Tbilisi said.
At least 90 people killed in Mogadishu checkpoint blast: international organization
At least 90 people were killed and dozens were wounded when a bomb-laden vehicle exploded at a bustling checkpoint in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday, an international organization working in the country said, in one of the most deadly recent …
China scraps extra-judicial forced labor for sex workers
China’s parliament abolished on Saturday an extra-judicial system of forced labor used to punish sex workers and their clients for up to two years, but it stressed that prostitution remains illegal.
Hong Kong police arrest protesters in shopping mall
Hong Kong police arrested about a dozen protesters and used pepper spray on Saturday to break up a protest in a shopping mall aimed at disrupting retail businesses near the border with mainland China.
