Lebanon Hezbollah supporters scuffle with protesters in Beirut: witnesses
Groups of people chanting in solidarity with the country’s powerful Shi’ite Hezbollah group pushed into a peaceful demonstration on Friday in Beirut, briefly scuffling with protesters and prompting riot police to intervene.
UK police arrest man and woman for human trafficking over truck deaths
Police investigating the deaths of 39 people in a truck near London said they had arrested a man and a woman on Friday on suspicion of human trafficking amid signs that some of the dead may be Vietnamese.
‘Violent groups’ looking to extend Catalan crisis: PM Sanchez
The Spanish government has information suggesting there are “violent groups” who want to keep Catalonia in a state of crisis, acting Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday.
Iraq protesters march toward Baghdad’s Green Zone, one killed
A protester struck in the face by a tear gas cannister died in Baghdad on Friday as Iraqi security forces sought to repel demonstrators protesting at corruption and economic hardship, police and medical sources said.
Iraqi protesters set fire to political party offices in Muthanna province
Protesters set fire to offices belonging to a Shi’ite political party and a Shi’ite militia group in Iraq’s southern Muthanna province on Friday, police sources said.
Morocco arrests six suspected jihadists: police spokesman
Moroccan security services have broken up a suspected Islamic State cell, arresting six members near Casablanca and in the northern towns of Chefchaouen and Ouazzane, a police spokesman said on Friday.
Erdogan files complaint against French magazine over ethnic cleansing comment
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has filed a criminal complaint against a French magazine after it accused him of conducting ethnic cleansing in northeast Syria, state-owned Anadolu Agency said on Friday.
UK PM Johnson will pursue domestic agenda even if lawmakers reject election
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will push ahead with plans to leave the European Union and with the government’s domestic agenda even if lawmakers fail to back a snap election, his spokesman said on Friday.
EU shelves Brexit delay decision as Britain squabbles over election
The European Union agreed on Friday to London’s request for a Brexit deadline extension but set no new departure date, giving Britain’s divided parliament time to decide on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call for a snap election.
UK PM Johnson says of Brexit: we should be leaving on October 31
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was up to the European Union to decide a delay to Brexit but that Britain should be leaving on Oct. 31.
