EU, Britain to hold intense Brexit talks as UK departure date nears
The European Union and Britain agreed on Friday to hold intense talks over the next few days in a bid to secure a deal over Britain’s departure from the bloc, but arrangements over British-Irish border controls remain at issue, the EU said.
Nigeria looks to sign military cooperation deal with Russia this month
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari hopes to sign a military technical cooperation deal with Russia at talks with President Vladimir Putin this month that will help it fight Boko Haram militants, Nigeria’s ambassador in Moscow said on Friday.
Mozambique’s elections to test fragile peace
The face of President Filipe Nyusi beams from flags billowing across Mozambique’s city of Beira, where T-shirts and posters color the streets with his Frelimo party’s signature red in what is usually an opposition stronghold.
Need to de-escalate situation in northeast Syria before it’s ‘irreparable’: Pentagon
In some of the most critical U.S. comments about Turkey’s advance into northeastern Syria, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told his Turkish counterpart they should deescalate the situation before it becomes “irreparable”, adding that Ankara’s operation co…
Turkey intensifies Syria campaign; Washington warns of ‘serious consequences’
Turkey intensified its air and artillery strikes on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Friday, escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of humanitarian catastrophe and turned Republican lawmakers against U.S. President Donald Trump.
Srebrenica massacre survivors want Handke’s Nobel prize revoked
Survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre called on Friday for Austrian author Peter Handke’s Nobel Prize for Literature to be revoked, saying it was “shameful” to recognize a man who has denied the killings happened.
Police treat stabbings at UK shopping mall as terrorism incident
British police said five people had been injured after a man lunged at passers-by with a large knife in a shopping center in northern England on Friday in a “brutal” attack officers were treating as terrorism.
Spanish court to rule on Catalan separatists early next week: sources
Spain’s Supreme Court is set to announce as early as Monday its verdict in the high-stakes trial of Catalan separatist leaders over their role in a banned independence referendum, two judicial sources told Reuters on Friday.
Ex-Ukraine envoy removed by Trump arrives to testify in impeachment probe
The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who Donald Trump has called “bad news” arrived on Capitol Hill to testify on Friday in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into the president, while another U.S. envoy agreed to testify next week even …
U.S. imposes sanctions on two South Sudanese businessmen for fraud, bribery
The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on two South Sudanese businessmen, Ashraf Seed Ahmed Al-Cardinal and Kur Ajing Ater, for their involvement in bribery, kickbacks and procurement fraud with senior government officials, the Treasury Departme…
