No-deal Brexit could end Japan investment boom, envoy tells UK PM rivals
Japan on Thursday cautioned the two candidates vying to replace Prime Minister Theresa May that a no-deal Brexit would be so disruptive for many companies that Japanese capital’s 35-year bet on Britain could end.
Fresh protests hit Hong Kong as activists seek voice at G20
Protesters in Hong Kong blocked roads and forced workers to leave the justice secretary’s offices on Thursday in the latest unrest to rock the city over an extradition bill that has now been suspended.
Former allies of Turkey’s Erdogan plan rival party after Istanbul defeat
Two senior figures in Turkish President’s Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party are planning to launch a rival political group this year, people familiar with the matter said, a move that could further erode support for the country’s long-time leader on the heels of a stinging electoral defeat in Istanbul.
Senior UK Conservative lawmaker Clarke says will vote for Brexit no-deal blocking move
Senior Conservative lawmaker Ken Clarke said on Thursday he will vote for an attempt in parliament next week to block Britain’s new prime minister leaving the EU without a deal.
U.S. appeals to NATO allies to publicly denounce Iran’s actions
Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper appealed to NATO allies on Thursday to publicly denounce Iran’s hostile actions and consider participating in a still-evolving plan to better safeguard strategic waterways near the country.
Iran’s Zarif says ‘short war’ with Iran is an illusion: Twitter
Iran’s foreign minister said on Twitter on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s view that a conflict with Iran would be a “short war” was an illusion and that his threat of “obliteration” amounted to threatening “genocide”.
One dead, several hurt in suicide bomber attacks in Tunisian capital
Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in separate attacks on police in the Tunisian capital on Thursday, killing one police officer and wounding several other people, the government said.
Hungarian court refuses to extradite former Macedonian PM Gruevski
A Hungarian court on Thursday refused to extradite former Macedonian prime minister Nikola Gruevski, who fled abroad last year after being sentenced to two years in prison on corruption-related charges.
North Macedonia to host its first Gay Pride march, in test of rights record
North Macedonia will host its first Gay Pride march on Saturday, in a test of the conservative Balkan country’s record on respecting minority rights as it seeks to join the European Union.
Tunisian president hospitalized ‘in severe health crisis’: presidency
Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, a major player in the country’s transition to democracy since 2011, was taken to a military hospital on Thursday after suffering a “severe health crisis”, the presidency said.
