Train company Eurostar suspends UK services due to trespasser
Eurostar, the company that runs trains between London, Paris and Brussels, said it had suspended all trains in and out of Britain on Saturday due to a trespasser on the line.
Boost to India’s ruling party from terror strike waning ahead of election: poll
The potential benefits accruing to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling alliance from a spike in nationalist sentiment following recent clashes with arch rival Pakistan might be waning, results of a nationwide opinion poll suggested.
Tunisia delays presidential elections by one week to Nov 17
Tunisia has delayed the first round of its presidential elections by one week to Nov. 17, a spokesman for the elections commission said on Friday.
Two Japanese teenagers drown in Australian lake: police
The bodies of two Japanese teenagers missing since Friday were found in a lake on Fraser Island off Australia’s northeast coast, police said on Saturday.
New Silk Road critics are ‘prejudiced’, China’s top diplomat says
China has never forced debt upon participants of its new Silk Road project as “prejudiced” critics have suggested, the country’s top diplomat said on Saturday in a strongly worded defense of a key policy platform of President Xi Jinping
Australia to boost national security funding by $400 million: newspaper
Australia’s budget for the 2019/20 fiscal year will include an additional A$570 million ($404.36 million) for national security to boost counter-terrorism and anti-espionage operations, The Weekend Australian newspaper reported on Saturday.
Nicaragua reiterates pledge to release people detained in protests
The Nicaraguan government reiterated its pledge on Friday to release all people arrested during protests against President Daniel Ortega, though the government remains in disagreement with opposition groups about the number of prisoners.
Australia plans tougher social media laws for failing to thwart violent content
Social media executives could spend up to three years in prison and their firms be fined 10 percent of their turnover if they fail to quickly remove violent material from their platforms, according to a new law proposed by the Australian government.
Slovakia set to elect anti-graft lawyer as first female president
Riding a wave of public fury over corruption, liberal lawyer Zuzana Caputova looked set to win Slovakia’s presidential election on Saturday, bucking a trend that has seen populist, anti-European Union politicians make gains across the continent.
Peru frees indigenous leader from jail as copper mine protests mount
Peruvian police released an indigenous leader from jail on Friday after hundreds of protesters in a remote Andean region demanded his freedom by cutting off access to a huge Chinese copper mine.
