Germany’s largest online drugs dealer shut down, 11 arrested
Authorities shut down Germany’s largest online wholesaler of illegal drugs and arrested 11 people as part of an international investigation into a drugs ring they said spanned five European countries and sold narcotics worldwide.
Vatican says China intimidating Catholics loyal to pope
The Vatican asked China’s communist government on Friday to stop intimidating Catholic clergy who want to remain unequivocally loyal to the pope and refuse to sign ambiguous official registration forms.
U.S. will sanction any countries that import Iranian oil: special envoy
The United States will sanction any country that imports Iranian oil and there are no exemptions in place, the U.S. special envoy for Iran said on Friday.
Putin invites Trump to Moscow for 2020 V-Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin invited his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Friday to attend the May 9 Victory Day commemorative events in Moscow next year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
UK’s Johnson says he has not offered anyone a government job
British prime ministerial candidate Boris Johnson said on Friday he has not offered anybody a job in any future government he might lead.
Thai anti-junta activist attacked, latest in ‘pattern’ of violence
Unknown assailants attacked and wounded a Thai pro-democracy activist on Friday, apparently the latest victim of what rights groups call a systematic campaign of violence against critics of the army following a disputed election.
Merkel hopes for G20 progress on U.S.-China trade dispute
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she hoped the United States and China would make some progress toward defusing their trade dispute at the G20 meeting of leading economies in Japan.
Health of Tunisian president improves significantly, he calls defense minister
The health of Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has improved significantly and he has called the defense minister about the situation in the country, the presidency said on Friday.
Italy under fire over charges against migrant rescue volunteer
Portugal’s parliament has protested an Italian decision to charge a Portuguese student with aiding illegal immigration, a move condemned by officials, who argue he was saving lives of migrants stranded in the Mediterranean.
With Iran nuclear deal on the brink, U.S. vows to choke off Iranian oil sales
World powers warned Iran to respect the terms of their nuclear deal in talks on Friday that Tehran said were the “last chance” to save the pact, as Washington vowed to choke off all sales of Iranian oil.
