Spain offers to host COP25 climate change summit after Chile’s withdrawal
Spain has offered to host the United Nations’ COP25 climate change summit in Madrid, following Chile’s withdrawal as host amid raging street protests in the South American nation.
Factbox: Brexit, economy and public services – What are Britain’s main parties promising?
The winner of Britain’s Dec. 12 election will get to decide what to do about Brexit, how to run the world’s fifth-largest economy and which public service reforms to prioritize.
Man detained by police outside UK’s Downing Street: Reuters photographer
A man with a St George’s English flag was pinned to the ground by police outside the Downing Street residence of Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday, a Reuters photographer at the scene said.
Hong Kong police fire tear gas to break up Halloween party protests
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U.S. forces seen patrolling in Syria near Turkish border
U.S. armored vehicles were seen on Thursday near the Syria-Turkey border in a part of northeastern Syria where they had not been observed since early October when Washington announced the withdrawal of American forces, according to a witness and Reuter…
German court rejects farmers’ climate change challenge
A German court rejected on Thursday a lawsuit brought by a group of farmers trying to compel the government to take swifter action on climate change.
Amid unrest, Iraqi PM will only resign if replacement found: president
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi is ready to resign only if parliament’s main blocs can agree on his replacement, President Barham Salih said on Thursday, as tens of thousands gathered in Baghdad to demand an end to the current system of governmen…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah, France call for new government
Lebanon’s powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah movement said on Thursday Saad al-Hariri’s resignation as prime minister would waste the time available for reforms that are widely seen as vital to steering the country out of a deep economic crisis.
Islamic State confirms Baghdadi is dead, appoints successor
The Islamic State militant group confirmed on Thursday its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed, the group’s news agency Amaq said in an audio tape following a U.S. weekend raid.
At least 78 people killed in Ethiopian protests last week: prime minister’s office
At least 78 people were killed during protests in Ethiopia last week over the treatment of a prominent activist, the prime minister’s spokeswoman said on Thursday.
