Putin: Meeting with British PM could be step to moving past Skripal row
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a published interview he believed his meeting with Britain’s Theresa May at the G20 summit this week could help repair relations after the poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil.
‘We only want to sell our oil,’ Iran official says before nuclear talks
Iran’s main demand in talks aimed at saving its nuclear deal is to be able to sell its oil at the same levels that it did before Washington withdrew from the accord a year ago, an Iranian official said on Thursday.
U.S. churches, some immigration officers denounce sending asylum seekers to Mexico
U.S. faith leaders on Thursday expressed outrage over a Trump administration policy that sends asylum seekers to some of Mexico’s most violent cities, echoing U.S. asylum officers who said the program was contrary to America’s “moral fabric.”
Accident at Glencore mine kills at least 41 in Congo
At least 41 artisanal miners were killed on Thursday when part of a copper and cobalt mine owned by Glencore collapsed in southeast Congo, the provincial governor said.
Factbox: Glencore mining fatalities in recent years
At least 41 artisanal miners were killed on Thursday when part of a copper and cobalt mine owned by Glencore Plc collapsed in southeast Congo, the provincial governor said.
Morocco prosecutor seeks death sentences in Scandinavian women murder trial
A Moroccan prosecutor on Thursday demanded the death sentence for three suspects in the murder of two female Scandinavian tourists in the Atlas mountains in December.
‘We only want to sell our oil,’ Iranian official says before nuclear talks
Iran’s main demand in talks on its nuclear deal is to be able to sell its oil at the same levels as it did before Washington withdrew from the accord, an Iranian official said on Thursday .
At least 17 wounded in bomb blast in Iraq’s Kirkuk: sources
At least 17 people were wounded on Thursday after a bomb went off in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, local police and hospital sources said.
Mexican National Guard expands into capital to address crime surge
Mexico’s new militarized National Guard police force will expand to the capital Mexico City in an effort to tackle a deteriorating security situation, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday.
Dutch PM says China has stuck to climate goals despite economy, trade war
China has stuck to its climate change goals even with a slowing economy – the world’s second largest – and a trade war with the United States, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday.
