Army pulls out of violent Cape Town suburbs after show of force
South African soldiers pulled out of gang-ridden suburbs of Cape Town on Friday after a brief show of force, leaving residents uncertain about what to expect next.
TimelIne: Key dates for Britain’s Brexit crisis: Choosing a new prime minister
Britain is due to appoint a new prime minister and attempt to renegotiate the terms of its Brexit deal, all before Oct. 31, when it is scheduled to leave the European Union.
Gibraltar extends detention of Iranian tanker to August 15: Gibraltar Chronicle
Gibraltar’s supreme court has granted a 30-day extension to allow authorities to detain the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 until Aug. 15, the Gibraltar Chronicle said.
Spiral stairs, no sprinklers may have contributed to deadly Japan fire
The fire that tore through a building in Japan killing 33 people may have spread so fast not only because it was fueled by petrol but because it was funneled up a spiral staircase and there were no sprinklers to douse it, experts said on Friday.
Three dead as unrest rumbles in Ethiopia’s southern Hawassa city
At least three people have died in Ethiopia’s southern city of Hawassa, hospital authorities said on Friday, amid a showdown between state security forces and some local activists who want to declare a new region for their Sidama ethnic group.
For some Chinese Muslims, fleeing doesn’t end trouble
Sairagul Sauytbai, an ethnic Kazakh who fled China last year after working in a so-called vocational training center for ethnic minorities, wanted to tell others about the beatings and torture she said she had seen there.
South African corruption inquiry adjourned to try to convince Zuma to testify further
South Africa’s deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo adjourned a public inquiry into state corruption on Friday to try to find a way to persuade former President Jacob Zuma to continue giving testimony.
India says illegal immigrants from Bangladesh becoming citizens
India said on Friday thousands of illegal immigrants from neighboring Muslim-majority Bangladesh had produced false documents to become citizens in the far-eastern Indian state of Assam.
Mob in India kills three on suspicion of cattle theft, three arrested
A mob on Friday beat to death three men suspected of trying to steal cattle in India’s eastern state of Bihar, police said, the latest in a spate of attacks that have provoked alarm among religious minorities.
Merkel says she is working very well with SPD interim leadership
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she had a “very, very trustworthy” working relationship with the interim leaders of her Social Democrat coalition partners, with whom she shares power in an often rocky alliance.
