Highligts: Protesters in a Hong Kong university search for escape route
The last band of anti-government protesters trapped inside a besieged Hong Kong university were weighing a narrowing range of options on Wednesday as police outside appeared ready to simply wait them out.
Ukraine says Russia returned ships in bad condition
Ukrainian naval ships, captured by Russia last November and released on Tuesday to be returned to Ukraine, are in very poor condition and cannot move independently, the commander of Ukraine’s navy said on Wednesday.
Tuktuk, newspaper of Iraq’s uprising, aspires to be vehicle for change
“If you kill us all, who will you rule over?” says the latest issue of Tuktuk newspaper, produced, printed and distributed by Iraqi anti-government activists to thousands of protesters camped out in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square.
Hong Kong students’ sewer escape thwarted
Some anti-government protesters trapped inside a Hong Kong university on Wednesday tried to flee through the sewers, where one student said she saw snakes, but firemen prevented further escape bids by blocking a manhole into the system.
Another Israeli election looms as deadline to form government nears with no accord reached
Israel moved closer towards a new election on Wednesday after kingmaker Avigdor Lieberman declined to back either Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or challenger Benny Gantz with a deadline on building a government about to expire.
What are Britain’s pro-EU Liberal Democrats promising in election?
Britain’s pro-European Union Liberal Democrats launched their manifesto on Wednesday, setting out the policies they would put into place if they are elected to government on Dec. 12.
Sri Lanka’s prime minister to step down following election loss
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday he would resign this week after his party’s candidate lost a presidential election, and local media reports suggest the new president would name his own brother as the new interim premier…
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish party calls for early elections, won’t leave parliament
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition party called on Wednesday for an early election but ruled out withdrawing from parliament to protest the government’s dismissal of dozens of its mayors who were elected earlier this year.
Iran summons Swiss ambassador over U.S. comments about petrol price hike unrest: state media
Iran’s foreign ministry summoned the Swiss ambassador in Tehran on Wednesday over U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s support for protesters demonstrating about fuel price hikes, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iran says any figures on protest casualties ‘speculative’: official’s tweet
Iran said on Wednesday that any figures on casualties during the country’s bloody protests over petrol price hikes were “speculative, not reliable” unless confirmed by Tehran, the country’s U.N. mission spokesman Alireza Miryousefi tweeted.
