Robert Mugabe: death of a liberation ‘icon’ who crushed his foes as Zimbabwe unraveled
Robert Mugabe, the bush war guerrilla who led Zimbabwe to independence and crushed his foes during nearly four decades of rule as his country descended into poverty, hyperinflation and unrest, died on Friday. He was 95.
At destroyed airport, Bahamians tell stories of survival and death
Sam Smith, 25, was on her way to what was left of the local grocery store on the decimated Bahamian island of Great Abaco when she saw her first dead body.
U.S. will aim to persuade others to ‘call out’ China over Uighurs at U.N.: Pompeo
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday the United States would use the United Nations General Assembly this month to persuade countries to help “call out” China over treatment of its Uighur Muslim minority.
UK Brexit negotiator floats all-Ireland agriculture solution to backstop
Britain’s Brexit negotiator David Frost proposed in Brussels on Friday that common rules for checking animals and animal products be established across the whole island of Ireland as an alternative to the Irish backstop.
UK’s Johnson described former PM Cameron as ‘girly swot’ in memo: Sky
British prime minister Boris Johnson described one of his predecessors David Cameron as a “girly swot” in a memo which was disclosed to courts this week, Sky News reported on Friday.
Mexico expects relief on U.S. tariff threat as migrant flows drop
Mexico does not expect the United States to threaten to put tariffs on its goods when it holds talks next week with U.S. officials about its efforts to curb migration from Central America, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Friday.
Madagascar forest destruction wiping out humans’ tiniest relative
As a shocked world watches fires ravage the Amazon, slash-and-burn farmers are wreaking proportionally worse destruction half a world away in Madagascar, driving humanity’s smallest relative – the Madame Berthe’s mouse lemur – to extinction.
U.S., Europe split over U.N. efforts to expand airport employee screening: sources
The United States and Europe are divided over United Nations efforts to expand employee screening at airports, following broader calls to harden airports against threats from their own workers, four sources familiar with the matter said.
Pompeo thinks U.S. to unveil Mideast peace plan in coming weeks
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that he thinks the Trump administration will unveil its much-delayed Israeli-Palestinian peace plan in the coming weeks.
Former inmate tours Ethiopian torture center after it opens to the public
Blogger Befekadu Hailu’s eyes filled with tears as he stood on the spot where he had watched a guard attack a friend in Maekelawi detention center, a name long synonymous in Ethiopia with torture and fear.
