Chinese envoy to nuclear talks guarded on buying Iranian oil
China’s envoy to talks aimed at saving the Iran nuclear deal on Friday was guarded when asked if his country was willing to defy U.S. sanctions and buy Iranian oil but said his country rejects those sanctions.
Iran files complaint to United Nations about U.S. drone: Tasnim
Iran said on Friday it had formally filed a complaint to the United Nations against the United States over the violation of its airspace with an unmanned drone shot down by Tehran earlier this month, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.
Investigators believe pilot error caused German Eurofighter crash: Spiegel
Investigators looking into the crash this week of two German air force Eurofighter warplanes have ruled out mechanical failure, making pilot error the most likely cause, Der Spiegel reported.
U.S., China did not raise trade at G20 finance, health ministers meeting: Japan Aso
Neither the United States nor China raised the issue of trade at Friday’s joint session of finance and health ministers of the Group of 20 major economies, Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso told reporters after the meeting.
Blast at Philippine military camp kills three soldiers
An explosion at a military base in the Philippines killed three soldiers and wounded nine on Friday, in a region of the country plagued by Islamist violence.
Hong Kong anti-extradition protesters rally again near government offices
More than 1,000 people, mostly students dressed in black, rallied outside government offices in Hong Kong on Friday as protests over a controversial extradition bill that has plunged the Chinese-ruled city into turmoil showed no signs of let-up.
Modi government freezes ads placed in three Indian newspaper groups
India’s government has cut off advertisements to at least three major newspaper groups in a move that executives and an opposition leader said was likely retaliation for unfavorable reports.
UK’s May tells Putin that Russia must end ‘irresponsible activity’
British Prime Minister Theresa May told Vladimir Putin on Friday Russia must end its “irresponsible and destabilizing activity” if relations between the two countries, soured the poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil, were to improve.
Kremlin says Putin answered UK PM May’s questions on spy poisoning
The Kremlin said on Friday that British Prime Minister Theresa May raised the poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil at talks with Vladimir Putin and that the Russian president provided her with the relevant answers.
‘We mean what we say’: Irish PM says Brexit divorce deal is shut
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar strongly repeated on Friday that the European Union will not reopen the divorce agreement it has reached with Britain or drop the Northern Ireland border “backstop” clause.
