Britain to call regional elections in Northern Ireland if deadlock continues
The British government will call a regional election in Northern Ireland if Irish nationalists and pro-British unionists fail to reach agreement to restore a power-sharing government by mid-January, a British minister said on Friday.
Attack on Fulani village kills 20 in central Mali
At least 20 people were found dead after an attack on a Fulani village in central Mali, where communal violence has surged in recent months, the government said on Friday.
Corbyn’s BT plans would be illegal under EU law, UK Conservatives say
British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to nationalize part of BT to offer people free internet would be illegal under European Union state aid rules, the Conservative Party said.
Turkey removed more than 6,000 Syrians from Istanbul: governor’s office
Turkey has sent more than 6,000 Syrian migrants in Istanbul to temporary housing centers in other provinces since early July, the local governor’s office said on Friday, two weeks after a deadline for Syrians not registered in the city to leave.
Turkey sends American Islamic State fighter to U.S. after stalemate with Greece
Turkey sent a U.S. citizen suspected of fighting for Islamic State to the United States by plane on Friday, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said, after the man was refused entry to Greece earlier this week.
Europe, U.S. urge Georgia to pass electoral changes
Georgia’s failure to pass a planned electoral reform is disappointing, a European rights body and the U.S. embassy said on Friday, urging lawmakers in the former Soviet state to approve the measure in time for next year’s election.
Factbox: UK Plc in state hands – What companies would a Labour government nationalize?
Britain’s opposition Labour Party has announced plans to nationalize BT’s broadband network if it wins next month’s general election, part of sweeping plans to reverse decades of pro-privatization public policy.
‘Crazed Communist scheme,’ PM Johnson says of Corbyn’s plan for BT
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to nationalize BT’s network was a “crazed Communist scheme”.
Cyprus says Turkey flouts international law with drill
Cyprus on Friday accused Turkey of violating international law by launching operations off the island in search of oil and gas.
Prague locals tire of tourists, 30 years after end of Communism
The view from Pavel Kacirek’s apartment overlooking Prague’s majestic Old Town Square should make it the dream home, but the hordes of tourists and clogged streets mean it no longer is.
