Solomon government says Chinese company’s lease of island ‘unlawful’
The Solomon Islands government said a deal signed by one of its provinces to lease the entire island of Tulagi to a Chinese company is unlawful and should be terminated, a move applauded by United States on Friday.
Boeing completes year of turmoil with promise to Indonesia on 737 MAX crash
Boeing Co on Friday promised to act on safety recommendations for its 737 MAX aircraft made in a new report by Indonesian investigators on the deadly Lion Air crash a year ago.
Russian agent Butina released from U.S. prison, due to be deported
Convicted Russian agent Maria Butina was released from a Florida prison on Friday after serving most of her 18-month sentence for conspiring to influence U.S. conservative activists and infiltrate a powerful gun rights group, and taken into custody by …
British police arrest two more people over truck deaths
British police said they had arrested two more people over the deaths of 39 people found in a truck, believed to be Chinese nationals, on suspicion of human trafficking and manslaughter.
At least 40 killed as fresh protests engulf Iraq
At least 40 protesters were killed in Iraq on Friday when security forces used tear gas and an Iranian-backed militia opened fire to try to quell renewed demonstrations against corruption and economic hardship, security sources said.
Protesters set fire to provincial government building in southern Iraq
At least 3,000 protesters in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriya on Friday broke into the provincial government building and set it on fire, police sources said.
EU diplomat sees ‘serious risk’ of no-deal Brexit: Sky News
One European Union government sees a “serious risk” that Britain will leave the bloc without a transition deal next week, broadcaster Sky News said on Friday, citing an unnamed diplomat from the country.
Man who attacked Canada police officer with truck guilty of attempted murder
A Somali immigrant who ran down a Canadian police officer with a truck and then stabbed him repeatedly was found guilty on Friday of attempted murder, the Crown prosecutor’s office said.
Turkey orders release of last jailed Cumhuriyet journalist: paper
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the release of the last jailed employee of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, one of 14 staff sentenced to lengthy prison terms in April 2018 on terrorism-related charges, the newspaper said.
El Chapo’s son led dramatic rescue of his half brother in Mexico battle
Ivan Archivaldo Guzman, the leader of Los Chapitos wing of the Sinaloa Cartel, was behind the assault on security forces that prompted the release of his half-brother from a house in the city of Culiacan last week, a top Mexican official said.
