Passengers and crew safely off plane at Schiphol: military police
The passengers and crew of an airplane at Amsterdam Schiphol airport were safely evacuated on Wednesday after authorities said they were investigating “a suspicious situation.”
French team finds engine fragments that fell off Airbus engine
French volunteer search teams have found fragments from an engine that exploded in mid-air over eastern France in July, officials said on Wednesday.
Trump says talks with Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan on dam dispute went well
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had held talks with officials from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over a disputed new dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River.
Slovenia’s ruling coalition loses support of Left party
Slovenia’s center-left minority government on Wednesday lost the support of the opposition Left party, in a move that analysts said could eventually lead to an election before 2022.
Dutch military police probing ‘suspicious situation’ on plane at Schiphol airport
Dutch military police said on Wednesday they were investigating a suspect situation aboard a plane at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.
Chile copper mine output largely unaffected by protests despite some attacks
Chile’s copper mines have mostly maintained production and kept operations running normally in the face of weeks of unrest in the country, industry insiders told Reuters, though scattered incidents have hit some operations and uncertainty lingers.
Lebanon’s Hariri meets Bassil, all ideas on table -source close to Hariri
Lebanon’s Saad al-Hariri, who resigned as prime minister last week, had a positive meeting with leading politician Gebran Bassil on Wednesday and all ideas were discussed for getting the country out of economic crisis, a source close to Hariri said.
Head of U.N. Palestinian refugee agency quits amid misconduct inquiry
The head of a U.N. agency that aids Palestinian refugees resigned on Wednesday, the United Nations said, amid an investigation into misconduct allegations.
Ten killed in attack on Canadian miner Semafo convoy in Burkina Faso: sources
At least ten people were killed and dozens more are wounded and missing after an attack on a convoy transporting workers of Canadian gold miner Semafo in eastern Burkina Faso, three sources said on Wednesday.
Oil from northeastern Syria being used for local communities -U.S. State Department
The oil extracted in northeastern Syria is being used by the local authorities for their own benefit, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday, apparently contradicting President Donald Trump’s suggestion last month that U.S. energy compani…
