Dozens found caged and shackled in Trinidad ex-convict rehab center, police say
Dozens of people were found on Wednesday chained and in cages in a Trinidad and Tobago rehabilitation center for ex-prisoners run by a religious organization, police said.
Two killed in shooting at synagogue in Germany, suspects flee in hijacked car
Two people were killed in shooting attacks on a synagogue and a nearby kebab shop in the eastern German city of Halle on Wednesday and one suspect was arrested, but two others fled in a hijacked a car, officials said.
EU’s Barnier says sealing Brexit deal would be ‘very difficult’
The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said sealing a Brexit deal with Britain ahead of Oct. 31 would be “very difficult” and that the bloc cannot accept the latest proposal from London.
Red Cross urges states to take back fighters, families in northeast Syria
Countries must reclaim their citizens held in camps in northeast Syria, a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told Reuters on Wednesday, as Turkish forces launched an incursion.
Turkish army pushes into Syria, people flee as air strikes, artillery hit border town
Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria on Wednesday just days after U.S. troops pulled back from the area, with air strikes and artillery hitting YPG militia positions around the border town of Ras al Ain.
EU’s Juncker urges Turkey to halt military operation in Syria
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday called Turkey to show restraint and stop its military operation in northeast Syria.
German federal prosecutors taking over investigations after shooting in Halle: Spiegel
Federal prosecutors are taking over the investigation after a shooting in the east German city of Halle, magazine Der Spiegel said on its website, a procedural step which indicates a possible link of the attack to terrorism under German law.
Hong Kong protesters stage peaceful rallies calling for ‘liberation’
Hundreds of black clad pro-democracy demonstrators chanted “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” outside the High Court on Wednesday as a leading activist appeared to appeal a six-year jail sentence for rioting in 2016.
Explainer: How the British courts may decide the fate of Brexit
Scotland’s highest court on Wednesday said it would wait before deciding whether to take action to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask for a Brexit delay if he has failed to secure a divorce deal with the European Union by Oct. 19.
No-deal Brexit ‘dangerously realistic scenario’: Finnish minister
The European Union is “prepared to face” a no-deal Brexit, which is a “dangerously realistic scenario”, Finnish Minister for European Affairs Tytti Tuppurainen told the bloc’s lawmakers.
