Maltese businessman Fenech charged with complicity in journalist murder case
Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech was charged in a Valetta court on Saturday with complicity to murder in the 2017 car bomb killing of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian in the West Bank: health ministry
Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank opened fire at a Palestinian who threw a fire-bomb at a car on Saturday, the Israeli military said, and the Palestinian Health Ministry said the man was killed.
Critics of Merkel coalition win German SPD leadership vote
Opponents of the coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives won a vote for the leadership of Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) on Saturday, raising questions over the future of the government.
Iranian opposition leader compares Supreme Leader to toppled Shah
Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi has compared Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the Shah, the monarch deposed in a 1979 revolution, following the government’s crackdown on protests this month.
Islamic State says London Bridge attack carried out by one of its fighters
Islamic State said the London Bridge attack on Friday was carried out by one of its fighters, the group’s Amaq news agency reported on Saturday. The group did not provide any evidence.
UK PM Johnson pressured on jail terms after London Bridge attack
The London Bridge attack pushed law and order towards the top of the British political agenda on Saturday, with days to go before a snap election, after police said the assailant had previously been convicted of terrorism offenses but freed early from …
Ivorian president says he will stand in 2020 election if former leaders run again
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Saturday he would run for a third term if his predecessors decided to compete in the 2020 election, a vote seen as a major test of stability for the country after two civil wars this century.
Ireland set for IS detainee, young daughter to return from Turkey
Ireland expects to repatriate an Irish citizen aligned to Islamic State and her two-year-old daughter from Turkey this weekend, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Saturday, as authorities in Ankara continues its deportation of detainees.
A relic of Jesus’ manger, Christmas gift from pope to Bethlehem
A fragment of wood reputed to be from the manger where Jesus was laid after his humble birth arrived in Bethlehem as a gift from the Vatican on Saturday, kicking off Christmas season at the town revered as the place of Jesus’ birth.
Incoming German SPD leader: don’t have to leave coalition immediately
Germany’s incoming Social Democrat (SPD) co-leader Norbert Walter-Borjans said on Saturday the party did not have to decide on immediately walking out of its coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives or staying in it in the long run.
