Centre right to top EU poll, gains seats from past projection: survey
The centre right is set to remain the biggest group in the EU legislature after elections in May, according to a survey by the European Parliament released on Friday that showed the conservatives were gaining seats from a poll last month.
No amendments selected for UK’s Brexit debate on Friday: speaker
Britain’s parliament will not discuss and vote upon any amendments during Friday’s debate on Brexit, Speaker John Bercow said.
Protesters gather in Algiers as Bouteflika clings to power
Thousands of protesters gathered in central Algiers on Friday, piling pressure on President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika to resign days after the country’s powerful military called for his removal.
Two weeks before India starts voting, Modi predicts easy victory
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday his ruling coalition would increase its majority in India’s upcoming election, despite some independent analysts suggesting it could disappear due to discontent over lack of jobs and depressed farm incomes.
Bangladesh high-rise hit by deadly blaze lacked proper fire exits, official says
A high-rise commercial building in the Bangladeshi capital where a blaze this week killed at least 25 people lacked proper fire exits, government officials said, prompting a senior minister to describe the incident as “murder”.
Turkish foreign minister says Turkey will honor deal to purchase S-400s
Turkey’s foreign minister said the deal to purchase S-400 defense systems from Russia will be honored, and that Turkey has met its obligations to be part of the U.S. F-35 fighter aircraft program.
‘Real fear’ in parliament that Brexit will never happen: UK trade minister
There is fear in parliament that Britain may never leave the European Union, trade minister Liam Fox said on Friday, as Prime Minister Theresa May struggles to get her Brexit deal approved by lawmakers.
Mozambique confirms 138 cholera cases after cyclone strikes Beira
There have been 138 cases of cholera confirmed in two neighborhoods of the wrecked Mozambican port city of Beira in the wake of Cyclone Idai, the government said on Friday.
Homicide trial of Zuma’s son over 2014 fatal car crash will go ahead: court
Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s son Duduzane will stand trial for culpable homicide over a fatal car accident in 2014, a Johannesburg judge said on Friday, rejecting a request to dismiss the case for lack of evidence.
Struggling May puts stripped-down Brexit deal to a vote in parliament
Prime Minister Theresa May puts a stripped-down version of her Brexit divorce deal to a vote in parliament on Friday in an attempt to break the impasse over the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.
