Tourists line up to scale Australia’s Uluru hours ahead of climb ban
Hundreds of tourists formed long queues to climb Australia’s Uluru soon after dawn on Friday, the day before a permanent ban on the climb takes effect following a decades-long fight by indigenous people to close the trek.
Chile says ‘no chance’ of riots derailing APEC, U.N. climate meet in Santiago
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda, Dave Sherwood and Aislinn Laing
Iraqi PM warns against violence on eve on planned anti-government protests
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Thursday people would be free to exercise their right to demonstrate at imminent anti-government protests, but warned violence would not be tolerated.
Scotland’s Sturgeon asks Labour’s Corbyn to back snap general election: The Sun
Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon asked British opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to back a snap general election during a secret meeting, The Sun reported on Thursday.
Brazil court delays to next month ruling that could free Lula
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday delayed until next month a ruling on whether defendants should go to prison after losing their first appeal, a decision that could release ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who was jailed last year for taking bri…
Russia dismisses hacking reports as ‘unsavoury’
Moscow on Thursday dismissed media reports that Russian hackers piggybacked on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries as an “unsavoury” interpretation of a security report.
Russia’s Lavrov says Norwegian spy could return home at ‘any moment’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that a Norwegian man jailed for spying could return home at “any moment”.
Eying oilfields, U.S. aims to reinforce position in Syria: official
The United States is committed to reinforcing its military position in Syria “with additional military assets” to prevent oilfields from being taken over by remnants of the Islamic State militant group or by others, a U.S. defense official said on Thur…
Chile protesters stay in streets as Pinera says their demands ‘loud and clear’
Protesters rallied in Santiago and around the country on Thursday afternoon as President Sebastian Pinera sent the first of a promised raft of legislation to Congress in a bid to address calls for an end to Chile’s entrenched inequality.
EU to help fund Colombia peace process for additional four years
The European Union said on Thursday it would extend for four years funding to support implementation of Colombia’s peace accord with former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels, including an initial contribution of 33.5 million euros ($…
