Extinction Rebellion to end two London blockades on Thursday
Environmental campaigners Extinction Rebellion will shut down their two remaining central London protest sites on Thursday, the group said in a statement.
Factbox: After ‘caliphate’ defeat, Islamic State is down but not out
Driven from its self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State is down but not out.
Islamic State video throws spotlight on suspected ringleader of Sri Lanka bombings
Standing under a black flag of the Islamic State, eight men declare their loyalty to the group’s leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
Picture emerges of well-to-do young bombers behind Sri Lankan carnage
Details began to emerge in Sri Lanka on Wednesday of a band of nine, well-educated Islamist suicide bombers, including a woman, from well-to-do families who slaughtered 359 people in Easter Sunday bomb attacks.
Result of 2014 Scottish independence vote should be respected: PM May’s spokesman
Scotland had an independence referendum in 2014, when the majority of voters rejected leaving the rest of the United Kingdom, and that result should be respected, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday.
Suicide bombing intelligence row stokes political tension in Sri Lanka
Political tension mounted in Sri Lanka on Wednesday over the handling of advance intelligence related to Easter Sunday’s suicide bombings, with an ally of the prime minister charging that top officials deliberately withheld critical information.
Blood brothers: the wealthy family behind Sri Lanka’s suicide attacks
Sri Lankan housewife Fathima Fazla thought of her neighbors in the grand three-storey home across the street as the wealthy celebrities of her humble Colombo suburb. She had no idea how infamous they would become.
Putin: we don’t want to cause problems for new Ukraine president
President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday it was unacceptable that residents of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions had no rights, but he said Moscow did not want to create problems for the new Ukrainian leadership.
More Brazilians rejecting Bolsonaro: CNI/Ibope poll
The number of Brazilians rejecting the government of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro continued to rise this month, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday, underscoring his early struggles after easily winning an October election.
Italy urges Europe to ready plan for Libya refugee flight
Italy’s government has written to the European Union asking it to ready a plan of action to deal with a possible flight of refugees from the armed conflict in Libya, Italian Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero said on Wednesday.
