U.S. lawmakers ask Pentagon for list of Chinese companies to curb ‘economic espionage’
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers asked the Pentagon on Thursday to name companies owned by the Chinese military operating in the United States, as they seek to curb what they called Beijing’s effort to “steal” technology for military purposes.
U.S. House panel to force testimony from Trump’s Afghan envoy
The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Thursday it will subpoena President Donald Trump’s special Afghanistan envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, to testify on Sept. 19, after the abrupt cancellation of talks with the country’s Taliba…
Northern Irish activist seeks to join other cases in Supreme Court
A Northern Irish rights campaigner whose case against Britain leaving the European Union without a deal was dismissed by Belfast’s High Court on Thursday will seek to join two other challenges before the UK’s Supreme Court next week.
Tunisia’s exiled autocrat in hospital: lawyer
Tunisia’s ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali has been hospitalized for “a health crisis” in Saudi Arabia, where he has lived in exile since the revolution of 2011, his lawyer Mounir Ben Salha said by phone.
Israel must have freedom to act against Iran, Netanyahu says in Russia
Israel must be allowed to act freely against Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday during a visit to Sochi, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss security coordination in Syria.
EU to give Colombia 30 million euros in aid for Venezuelan migrants
The European Union will give 30 million euros ($33 million) in aid to Colombia to help the Andean country grapple with an influx of Venezuelan migrants fleeing economic and political strife at home, EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said on Th…
Trump administration reinstates military aid for Ukraine
President Donald Trump’s administration has released $250 million in military aid for Ukraine, U.S. senators said on Thursday, after lawmakers from both parties expressed concern that the White House had held up money approved by Congress.
Peru to start uprooting coca plants in top drug-trafficking region
Peruvian security forces will start eradicating illegal coca plants for the first time in a lawless jungle region that produces most of the cocaine in the country, the government announced on Thursday.
Spain’s Sanchez rejects latest Podemos proposal for coalition government
Spain’s acting Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez rejected on Thursday the latest proposal by far-left Podemos for a coalition government on a one-year trial period, though he remains open to negotiations to avoid a repeat election, a Socialist par…
Prague to remove statue of Soviet marshal who led Red Army forces
A district assembly in Prague voted on Thursday to remove a statue of a Soviet World War Two marshal and replace it with a more general memorial following a row that has drawn in the Czech president and Russian authorities.
