Two French tourists and park guide missing in northern Benin
Two French tourists and their guide were reported missing after failing to return from a game drive in a national park in northern Benin, near the border with Burkina Faso, the company managing the park and the French authorities said on Friday.
Portugal’s PM to address nation after teachers’ pay debacle
Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa chaired an emergency cabinet meeting on Friday and was due to meet the president and address the nation after his leftist allies sided with the opposition in a vote that could undermine efforts to balance the bud…
Prince Harry cancels trip next week to the Netherlands: Telegraph newspaper
Britain’s Prince Harry, whose wife Meghan is due to give birth, has canceled a planned trip to the Netherlands next week, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported.
Tens of thousands protest again against ruling elite in Algeria
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied peacefully in Algiers after Friday prayers, chanting “We will not shut up!” and demanding the departure of Algeria’s ruling elite a month after the downfall of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Parliament must ‘get a deal done’, Labour’s Corbyn says on Brexit
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain’s Labour Party, said on Friday local election results should spur lawmakers to find a way to break the deadlock over Brexit and “get a deal done” to leave the European Union.
EU leaders set to meet after election: officials
EU leaders are expected to meet just after this month’s elections to the European Parliament, officials said on Friday, as national governments brace for a possible clash with lawmakers over who will run the Brussels executive.
Congo Ebola death toll nears 1,000, new vaccine planned: WHO
The World Health Organization said on Friday it feared continued “intense transmission” of Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where deaths from a nine-month-old epidemic stood at 994 and were expected to exceed 1,000 within hours.
Cyclone slams into Indian temple town, Bangladesh braces with evacuation order
A cyclone barreled into eastern India on Friday, damaging houses in the tourist town of Puri and wounding 160 people after a million people were moved into storm shelters.
Tunisia orders army to transport fuel during walkout
Tunisia ordered the army on Friday to transport fuel to petrol stations on Friday, a government source said, the second day of a strike by fuel distribution workers that has caused empty pumps and long queues across the country.
Nine dead as migrant boat sinks off western Turkey: coast guard
Nine people, including five children, were killed on Friday after a boat carrying migrants sank off the northwestern coast of Turkey, the Turkish coast guard said, adding that three others were being sought.
