British opposition parties discuss PM Johnson’s Brexit election gamble
British opposition parties will discuss on Friday how to respond to Boris Johnson’s bid to call a snap election, after the prime minister said he would rather die in a ditch than delay the planned Oct. 31 departure from the European Union.
UK’s Labour to hold talks with other parties on election timing
Britain’s opposition Labour Party will hold talks with other opposition parties to discuss its support, and a possible date, for a general election, its foreign affairs spokeswoman said on Friday.
Taliban attack Afghan province as violence overshadows peace deal
Taliban militants launched a major attack in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah on Friday, the latest in a series of assaults on provincial centers just a day after a deadly suicide bombing in Kabul, officials said.
Attackers kill two aid workers in western Ethiopia: aid group, U.N.
Unidentified attackers killed two aid workers who were returning from a refugee camp in an western Ethiopia region that shares a border with South Sudan, their aid group and a U.N. organization said.
Hong Kong leader says measures announced this week are a ‘first step’
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday measures put forward by the government this week to solve the city’s political turmoil are a first step, but will not solve the crisis immediately.
Should you be sacked? UK PM adviser Cummings says: ‘Trust the people’
When asked about former British Prime Minister John Major’s call for him to be sacked, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser said that the people should be trusted.
Timeline: A look at the life of Zimbabwe’s late president Robert Mugabe
Following are key milestones in the life of Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe.
Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe dead at 95
Robert Mugabe, the guerrilla leader who led Zimbabwe to independence in 1980 and ruled with an iron fist until his own army ended his almost four decade rule, has died aged 95.
Lao activist latest asylum-seeker to go missing in Thailand: right groups
A political activist from Laos who fled to Thailand has gone missing after seeking refugee status with the United Nations, the latest in a series of disappearances of refugees and asylum-seekers in the region, rights groups said on Friday.
Hong Kong braces for weekend protests as German leader appeals for peaceful solution
Hong Kong is bracing for more demonstrations this weekend, with protesters threatening to disrupt transport links to the airport, after embattled leader Carrie Lam’s withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill failed to appease some activists.
