Hong Kong leader says city’s status as financial hub not shaken
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Wednesday the city’s status as a financial hub has not been shaken despite more than four months of sometimes violent anti-government protests.
Spain seeks arrest of Catalan ex-leader Puigdemont in Belgium
Belgium has received a third arrest warrant request from Spain’s Supreme Court for Catalonia’s former pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont, a spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Bulgaria coach apologizes to England over racist chants
Bulgaria coach Krasimir Balakov has apologized to the England team after fans taunted their black players with Nazi salutes and monkey chants during a Euro 2020 qualifier in Sofia on Monday.
France’s Le Drian to go to Iraq to discuss trials for jihadists from Syria
France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that he would soon go to Iraq to discuss a judicial framework to enable jihadists being held in Syria to face trial.
More work still to do in Brexit talks: UK government source
There is more work still to do in talks to secure a deal for Britain to leave the European Union, a British government source said on Wednesday, as negotiations resumed to try to hammer out a new agreement.
Yemeni government, separatists seen inking deal to end Aden standoff this week
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and southern separatists are expected on Thursday to announce a deal to end a power struggle in the southern port of Aden that fractured an Arab coalition battling the Iran-aligned Houthi group, officials said.
Kuwait ruler Emir Sheikh Sabah has returned to Kuwait: KUNA
Kuwait’s 90-year-old ruler Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah returned home on Wednesday after hospital treatment in the United States, state news agency KUNA said.
France’s Le Drian will go to Iraq to discuss transfers, trials for jihadists in Syria
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday that he would soon go to Iraq to discuss a judicial framework to enable jihadists being held in Syria to face trial.
Spain sends Belgium arrest warrant request for Catalan leader Puigdemont
Belgium has received a third European arrest warrant request from Spain’s Supreme Court for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, a spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor said on Wednesday.
Taliban truck bomb in Afghanistan kills at least three, wounds dozens
A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least three people and wounded 27 on Wednesday when he set off explosives in a truck near a police headquarters in Afghanistan, officials said.
