Srebrenica massacre survivors want Handke’s Nobel prize revoked
Survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre called on Friday for Austrian author Peter Handke’s Nobel Prize for Literature to be revoked, saying it was “shameful” to recognize a man who has denied the killings happened.
Police treat stabbings at UK shopping mall as terrorism incident
British police said five people had been injured after a man lunged at passers-by with a large knife in a shopping center in northern England on Friday in a “brutal” attack officers were treating as terrorism.
Spanish court to rule on Catalan separatists early next week: sources
Spain’s Supreme Court is set to announce as early as Monday its verdict in the high-stakes trial of Catalan separatist leaders over their role in a banned independence referendum, two judicial sources told Reuters on Friday.
Ex-Ukraine envoy removed by Trump arrives to testify in impeachment probe
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who Donald Trump has called “bad news” arrived on Capitol Hill to testify on Friday in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into the president, while another U.S. envoy agreed to testify next week even …
U.S. imposes sanctions on two South Sudanese businessmen for fraud, bribery
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two South Sudanese businessmen, Ashraf Seed Ahmed Al-Cardinal and Kur Ajing Ater, for their involvement in bribery, kickbacks and procurement fraud with senior government officials, the Treasury Departme…
Pressed by Trump over defense, Germany says can pay more for NATO running costs
Germany is willing to contribute more to NATO’s running costs as long as other allies also step up to help reduce the United States’ share of funding, German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said on Friday.
Car bomb in Syria’s Qamishli killed three: security forces
A car bomb in the Syrian city of Qamishli on Friday killed at least three civilians and wounded nine more, the internal security forces of the Kurdish-led administration said.
Daughter of jailed British-Iranian aid worker back in Britain to start school
The five-year-old daughter of jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has arrived back in Britain to attend school after living in Tehran since her mother’s arrest there in 2016.
U.S. ex-ambassador to Ukraine meets with lawmakers amid impeachment inquiry
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch arrived on Capitol Hill on Friday for a scheduled appearance before House lawmakers, as House Democrats continue their impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump.
Israel condemns ‘disproportionate’ Russian jail term for U.S.-Israeli
Israel condemned a Russian court’s sentencing on Friday of a U.S.-Israeli woman to seven and a half years’ imprisonment for a drug offence as “heavy” and “disproportionate”, saying Moscow had ignored its appeals to handle the case differently.
