Exclusive: U.S. migrant policy sends thousands of children including hundreds of babies back to Mexico
Since January, the U.S. government has ordered 13,000 migrants under 18, including more than 400 infants, to wait with their families in Mexico for U.S. immigration court hearings, a Reuters analysis of government data found.
Romanian president says to appoint PM designate by October 15
Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis said on Friday he intends to appoint a prime minister-designate by Oct. 15 at the latest to form a transitional government, likely to be led by the main opposition party, until a parliamentary election next year.
Police in Indonesia’s Papua to investigate alleged killings
Police in Indonesia’s restive Papua region pledged on Friday to hold an investigation after a local leader said the bodies of five villagers had been found with bullet wounds in an area where there has been a military crackdown.
EU and UK to go into more intense Brexit negotiations: diplomats
The 27 European Union countries staying on together after Brexit authorized their negotiator Michel Barnier on Friday to go into another round of intense and secret negotiations with Britain in a bid to get a deal, two senior diplomatic sources said.
Cargo plane crashes in Congo, killing presidential staff on board
A cargo plane carrying presidential staff crashed in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing all eight passengers and crew, a presidential advisor told Reuters on Friday.
Ethiopia’s Abiy wins Nobel Peace Prize for ending Eritrea standoff
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his peacemaking efforts which ended two decades of hostility with longtime enemy Eritrea.
Exclusive: U.S. migrant policy sends thousands of babies and toddlers back to Mexico
Since January, the U.S. government has ordered 13,000 migrants under 18, including more than 400 infants, to wait with their families in Mexico for U.S. immigration court hearings, a Reuters analysis of government data found.
German synagogue gunman confesses to crime and to an anti-Semitic motive: prosecutors
The man accused of killing two in a gun attack near a synagogue in Halle, eastern Germany, has confessed to the crime and to a far-right, anti-Semitic motivation, prosecutors said on Friday.
‘Border on fire’ as Turkey intensifies Syria campaign
Turkey stepped up its air and artillery strikes on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Friday, escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of humanitarian catastrophe and turned Republican lawmakers against U.S. President Donald Trump.
Four wounded after reported stabbings at UK shopping center
Paramedics were treating four people and police said they were responding to an incident at the Arndale shopping center in the northern English city of Manchester on Friday after reports of stabbings.
