Hong Kong protesters vow to hit the streets in major ‘illegal’ march
(This October 18 story corrects paragraph 17 to clarify bill has been withdrawn)
What limits? How African leaders cling to power for decades
Guinea erupted in protest this week over proposals to draft a new constitution that could allow President Alpha Conde to extend his legal mandate and run for a third term in 2020.
Bomb kills at least 29 and wounds more than 100 inside mosque in eastern Afghanistan
A bomb exploded in a mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, officials said, killing at least 29 men who had gathered for worship.
Brexit reversed: How could Britain end up with a second referendum?
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s battle to win support for his new Brexit divorce deal raises the possibility that the United Kingdom could hold a fresh vote on membership of the European Union.
Erdogan says Syria offensive will continue if truce deal not fully implemented
Turkey will continue its offensive into northeast Syria more rapidly than before if an agreement with the United States to pause the operation and allow the withdrawal of Kurdish forces is not fully implemented, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday….
White House says ceasefire will ‘takes time’ at Syria-Turkey border
Implementing a ceasefire will take time, a White House spokeswoman said on Friday as machine-gun fire, shelling and smoke were observed at the Syria-Turkey border one day after top U.S. officials announced a truce.
U.N. rights office urges Egypt to free blogger, lawyer, activist
The U.N. human rights office called on Egypt on Friday to free a prominent blogger, lawyer and journalist allegedly mistreated in custody who are among nearly 2,000 people detained since street protests began a month ago.
After parliamentary win, India’s BJP set to sweep state elections: poll
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to sweep two state polls next week, the first since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s landslide win in a parliamentary election in May, a leading pollster said.
Dutch psychologists helping probe over family found locked away in room
Dutch police called in psychologists to help them get to the bottom of what happened to a family found locked away in a farmhouse room where they appeared to have lived in seclusion for years.
Anti-Brexit campaigners plow giant message into an English field
Anti-Brexit campaigners have plowed a protest message in giant letters reading “Britain now wants to remain” into a field in rural southern England, as Britain’s exit from the European Union hangs on a knife edge.
