Southern EU leaders back Cyprus in gas dispute with Turkey
Heads of European Union Mediterranean states offered full support on Friday for fellow EU member Cyprus in a dispute with Turkey over the ownership of offshore natural gas deposits.
WHO panel decides not to declare international Ebola emergency
A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo’s Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda this week, concluding such a declaration could cause too much economic harm.
U.S. sending more asylum seekers back to Mexico via Texas border crossing: official
The U.S. government on Thursday began ramping up the pace of returns of asylum seekers to Mexico to wait out their U.S. court hearings by sending around 200 migrants back through the El Paso, Texas, port of entry, according to a Mexican official.
Head of Mexico’s national migration institute resigns: official
The head of Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM), Tonatiuh Guillen, resigned on Friday for “personal reasons”, interior ministry spokesman Hector Gandini said by telephone.
U.S. focus is to build global consensus after Mideast oil tanker attacks: Shanahan
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is focused on building international consensus following attacks on oil tankers in the Middle East that the United States has blamed https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-attacks/trump-blames-iran-for-t…
Belgium takes back six Islamic State children
Six Belgian children of Islamic State members were brought back to Belgium on Friday from camps in Syria where U.S.-backed militia are holding thousands of militants and their family members.
Eletro-belts, spiked batons, even a gas chamber: EU seeks ban on trade in torture items
Trade in instruments for torture and execution should be illegal and could one day be banned under an initiative spearheaded by the European Union, Argentina and Mongolia, EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom told Reuters on Friday.
Chilean bishop resigns after comments about Last Supper
A Chilean auxiliary bishop appointed by Pope Francis less than a month ago resigned on Friday, the Archdiocese of Santiago said in a statement, just weeks after he made controversial comments about the lack of women in attendance at the Last Supper.
France’s Macron sides with Cyprus on dispute with Turkey
French President Emmanuel Macron urged Turkey to stop “illegal activities” in Cyprus’s exclusive economic zone and said the European Union would not back down on the issue.
Trump migration deal meets mounting resistance in Mexico
Resistance is growing in Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s ruling coalition to a migration deal struck last week with U.S. President Donald Trump to avert punitive trade tariffs as the implications of the accord become clearer.
