Trump says he is withdrawing earlier North Korea-related sanctions
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he was ordering the withdrawal of recently announced North Korea-related sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department.
Truck driver in fatal Canada hockey bus crash jailed for eight years
The driver who caused the deaths of 16 people on a rural Canadian road in Saskatchewan after crashing his truck into a bus transporting a junior hockey team was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison, Canadian media reported.
Shortages of everything, and worries about relatives, for Mozambique flood survivors
At a camp near the city of Beira for people rescued from Mozambique’s catastrophic flooding, residents were dealing on Friday with worries about their future and shortages of pretty much everything – water, food and medicines.
Drone sighting prompted 30 minute stoppage of air traffic at Frankfurt airport
A drone sighting prompted a 30 minute stoppage of air traffic at Frankfurt airport early Friday on evening, an airport spokesman said.
U.N. experts rebuke U.S. ‘threats’, visa ban on ICC investigators
United Nations human rights experts called on the United States on Friday to stop its “threats” and visa bans against the International Criminal Court (ICC), which they rejected as “improper interference”.
Trump says Islamic State no longer holds any territory in Syria
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that U.S.-backed forces had dislodged the Islamic State militant group from its last holdout in Syria.
U.S. pressure on Hezbollah, Iran is working, Pompeo says in Beirut
U.S. sanctions on Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah are working, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday on a visit to Beirut, calling on Lebanon to stand up to the Shi’ite group which he accused of “criminality, terror and threats”.
Hungary detains Syrian Islamic State member accused of killings
Hungarian authorities detained a Syrian man on Friday accused of taking part in beheadings in Syria as a member of Islamic State, Budapest prosecutors and the European judicial co-operation agency Eurojust said.
Israel forces kill two Gazans during border protest
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians on Friday and wounded 55 others taking part in weekly protests along the fortified Israel-Gaza border, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Irish PM sings tongue-in-cheek praises of EEA’s lack of ‘red lines’
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar issued a tongue-in-cheek reminder on Friday that European Union and non-EU countries – which neighbouring Britain is due to become – can share land borders without needing border patrol infrastructure and customs check…
