U.S. presses Egypt on alleged torture, mass arrests at U.N. review
The United States and other Western countries urged Egypt on Wednesday to investigate alleged killings and torture by its security forces and to release journalists and others arrested for exercising their right to freedom of expression.
British PM Johnson, on campaign trail, to pledge swift resolution on Brexit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will promise on Wednesday to end the delays over Britain’s departure from the European Union if he wins next month’s election and he will describe the opposition Labour Party’s plans as political “onanism”.
Breakdown of trust in financial system deepens crisis in Lebanon
Lebanese student Fatima Jaber’s family is struggling to pay off multiple loans with double-digit interest rates.
Turkey says Germany, Netherlands agree to take back Islamic State detainees
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Wednesday that Germany and the Netherlands had agreed to take back German and Dutch Islamic State detainees and their families from Turkey, after Ankara started to repatriate the fighters this week.
Result of Afghan presidential vote postponed again: election commission
The results of Afghanistan’s presidential election, that were due on Nov. 14, have been postponed for a second time, the election commission said on Wednesday.
Lebanon’s Aoun says economic conditions deteriorating
President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday economic conditions in Lebanon were deteriorating further as a result of the situation in the country but the start of oil and gas exploration would help to gradually improve things.
Venice devastated by second highest tide in history
Venice’s mayor called the city a disaster zone on Wednesday after the second highest tide ever recorded swept through it overnight, flooding its historic basilica and leaving many squares and alleyways deep under water.
UK’s Johnson shouted at during visit to flood-hit area
Two onlookers shouted at Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he observed relief efforts in a flood-hit district of northern England on Wednesday, several days after the worst of the flooding.
Korean survivor says Japan’s no-show at ‘comfort women’ case in Seoul lacks honor
A South Korean woman who had been forced to work in a Japanese wartime military brothel said Japan lacked honor for failing to attend a South Korean court on Wednesday as it began hearing a civil case brought against its government by a group of victim…
Israel kills nine Gazans, say Palestinians, as Islamic Jihad launches rockets
Israeli air strikes killed nine Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, medical officials said, raising the Palestinian death toll to 19 over a two-day escalation in violence since Israel launched strikes to kill an Islamic Jihad commander.
