Lantern-waving Hong Kong protesters take to hills, as leader pledges housing reform
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters took to the hills to form flashlight-carrying human chains on Friday, using the colorful Mid-Autumn Festival as a backdrop to the latest in more than three months of sometimes violent demonstrations.
When raiders menace in northern Kenya, grab your guns
First, the scouts saw a footprint, then a suspected spy from a rival ethnic group, scuttling off into the bush.
EU-UK Brexit talks to continue next week
EU and British Brexit negotiators will continue talks next week, a UK government spokeswoman said on Friday after the latest round of talks in Brussels.
Bulgarian journalists protest over freedom of speech
Dozens of journalists at the state-run Bulgarian National Radio (BNR) staged a protest on Friday in support of media freedom after a colleague known for her coverage of the country’s graft-prone judicial system was briefly suspended from her job.
Why are you not in parliament? Heckler interrupts UK PM Johnson
Boris Johnson was heckled by a protester in northern England on Friday over his controversial decision to suspend parliament for more than a month in the weeks before Britain is due to leave the European Union.
Tunisian court keeps presidential candidate in detention: lawyer
A Tunisian appeals court on Friday rejected a request by presidential candidate Nabil Karoui to be released from detention pending the verdict in his trial for tax fraud and money laundering, his lawyer said.
Gibraltar acted in good faith over Adrian Darya 1 tanker release
Gibraltar acted in good faith when it released the Adrian Darya 1 tanker and Iran broke assurances it had given not to sell the crude oil to Syria, the British territory’s maritime minister said on Friday.
Russia ready for Ukraine peace talks but sets preconditions
Russia is ready to take part in a four-way summit in Paris to try to breathe life into the stalled Ukrainian peace process but has strict preconditions for such a meeting, a senior Kremlin aide said on Friday.
EU very concerned at idea of Northern Irish border veto, Ireland says
European Union negotiators are very concerned by the idea of handing Northern Ireland’s devolved government the right to approve future regulatory changes as a part of finding a Brexit compromise, Ireland’s foreign minister said on Friday.
Russia, Iran and Turkey to discuss Syria’s Idlib at Monday summit: Kremlin
The leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran will discuss the difficult situation in Syria’s Idlib province when they meet in Ankara early next week for a summit, Yuri Ushakov, a senior Kremlin aide, said on Friday.
