Lebanon not informed about route of Iranian tanker: finance minister
Lebanon has not been informed whether an Iranian oil tanker, at the center of a U.S.-Iran confrontation, was heading to one of its ports, the finance minister told Reuters on Friday.
Australia offers East Timor aid package on anniversary
Australia will refurbish a naval base and help bring high-speed internet to the tiny Pacific nation of East Timor, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, the latest effort by Canberra to win influence in the region.
All staff evacuated from Toyota headquarters, no one hurt in fire
All staff of Toyota Motor Corp were evacuated after a fire broke out on Friday at the company’s headquarters in western and no one was injured, a spokeswoman said.nL3N25Q2TZ
Fire breaks out at Toyota headquarters in Japan, no one injured
Toyota Motor Corp was investigating a blaze on Friday at its headquarters in western Japan’s Toyota City, believed to have broken out in the technology development division, a company spokeswoman said.
Scottish court rejects interim block on parliament suspension but to hear arguments
A Scottish court on Friday rejected a request to place an interim block on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s order to suspend parliament but said it would hear full arguments next week, a lawmaker who brought the case said.
Fire breaks out at Toyota’s headquarters in western Japan, company says
A fire broke out at the headquarters of Toyota Motor Corp in western Japan’s Toyota City on Friday, a company spokeswoman said.
Former UK PM Major joins legal action to block Johnson suspending parliament
Former British Prime Minister John Major has asked to join legal action to try to block current Prime Minister Boris Johnson from suspending parliament before Brexit.
Ireland says Britain ‘totally unreasonable’ in Brexit backstop dispute
Ireland accused Britain of being “totally unreasonable” over Brexit on Friday, saying London had not made credible proposals to replace the Irish border backstop. But the British government insisted it had offered ways of solving the key sticking point…
Iranian tanker headed to Lebanon, not Turkey: Turkish minister
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday an Iranian oil tanker, now in waters south of Turkey and at the center of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran, was headed for Lebanon.
Spanish warship with migrants arrives in Spain after Italy row
A group of 15 rescued migrants arrived in Spain on board a Spanish warship on Friday after Italy refused to allow the rescue vessel that had picked them up in the Mediterranean Sea to dock at an Italian port.
