Iran prepared to enrich at Fordow site on Wednesday: IAEA report
Iran prepared to enrich uranium at its Fordow site on Wednesday, a move that is already a breach of its nuclear deal with major powers, but it did not carry out enrichment itself, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog indicated on Thursday.
U.S., Chile discuss co-hosting APEC summit in U.S. in January: source
The U.S. and Chilean governments are discussing co-hosting an APEC summit in the United States in January after Chile dropped plans to stage the event in Santiago this month, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.
Chile’s Pinera to crack down on vandals, looters amid unrest
Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera announced a battery of measures on Thursday to tighten security and increase penalties for vandals as ongoing riots, looting and violence have left at least 20 dead over two weeks of protests.
Yemen’s President Hadi meets separatist leader after deal ends power struggle
Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi met the head of the Southern Transitional Council on Thursday, in their first meeting since his Saudi-backed government and the separatists signed an agreement to end a power struggle in the south.
Attack on Canadian miner in Burkina Faso threatens gold’s final frontier
As jihadists wreaked ever more havoc in the last two years, mining firms in Burkina Faso rolled out extra security measures, from barracks for government troops protecting them to safe rooms for workers behind barbed wire and mounds.
Erdogan says U.S. not fulfilling Syria promises, ahead of Trump talks
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States and Russia on Thursday of failing to fulfill their part of a deal for Kurdish militia to leave a Syrian region bordering Turkey, and said he would raise this with President Donald Trump next we…
France scraps plans for Franco-Chinese shopping mall near Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to scrap a 3-billion euro ($3.32 billion) shopping and leisure complex project that French retail group Auchan and Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda planned to build just outside Paris, the Elysee Palace sai…
No sign of new cabinet as Lebanese leaders meet, bank curbs continue
Lebanon’s outgoing Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri met President Michel Aoun on Thursday without announcing progress towards forming a new government, and banking sources said most financial transfers out of the country remained blocked.
Many missing after deadly ambush near Canadian-run mine in Burkina Faso
Dozens of people were feared still missing on Thursday after an ambush on workers near a Canadian-owned mine in Burkina Faso killed at least 37, the worst such attack for years in a nation plagued by jihadist violence.
Lebanon’s Berri says insists on Hariri as PM of next government- NBN television
Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he insisted on nominating Saad al-Hariri as prime minister of the country’s next government, NBN television reported on Thursday.
