British military called in to stop dam collapsing and flooding town
A British military helicopter dropped sacks of ballast onto the outer slope of a reservoir dam in central England on Friday in an effort to prevent it from collapsing and flooding the town below.
India’s top court to hear Ayodhya religious dispute on daily basis
India’s top court will hear arguments every day in an effort to resolve a decades-old dispute over what should be built on the ruins of a 16th-century mosque, Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said on Friday.
France closing access to Nantes by ‘trouble makers’ after man’s death
French authorities will shut access to the city of Nantes to “trouble makers” on Saturday to guard against unrest at a tribute to a man who drowned, after yellow-vest protesters said they would join the march.
South Korea says ‘won’t be defeated again’ as Japan trade row spirals
South Korea fired back at Japan over a deepening trade dispute on Friday, pledging it would not be “defeated again” by its neighbor, laying bare decades-old animosity at the root of a row over fast-track export status.
India accuses Pakistan-backed militants of targeting Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir
Indian security officials on Friday said they had found evidence of attacks planned by Pakistani military-backed militants on a major Hindu pilgrimage in the disputed Muslim-dominated region of Kashmir.
U.S. pulls out of Soviet-era nuclear missile pact with Russia
The United States formally withdrew from a landmark nuclear missile pact with Russia on Friday after determining that Moscow was in violation of the treaty, something the Kremlin has repeatedly denied.
EU race for IMF chief down to three as Spain’s Calvino quits
European Union governments will try on Friday to choose a candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund from a list of three names, after two candidates pulled out of the race, but divisions could delay a solution.
No air strikes in northwest Syria after ceasefire declared: Observatory
A ceasefire in northwest Syria reduced violence in the rebel stronghold, a monitor said, with no air strikes on Friday after a three-months army offensive killed hundreds while yielding no big territorial gains.
Cocaine worth 1 billion euros seized in Germany’s largest drugs haul
German authorities on Friday said they had seized 4.5 tonnes of cocaine worth 1 billion euros ($1.11 billion) in the northern port city of Hamburg – the nation’s biggest drugs haul to date.
Man kills six in Croatia’s capital Zagreb
Six family members including a 10-year-old child were found shot dead in Croatia’s capital Zagreb by a man who later appeared to have killed himself, police said on Friday.
