United States warns China meddling in Hong Kong hurting business confidence
The United States warned in a report on Friday that increased meddling from China in Hong Kong had adversely impacted the city, straining international business confidence in the Asian financial hub.
Attackers throw explosive at Russian consulate in Athens
Attackers on a motorcycle threw a hand grenade at the Russian consulate in Athens early on Friday, causing no injuries and slight damage, police said.
Turkey orders detention of 144 over Gulen links
The Istanbul chief prosecutor said on Friday it had ordered the detention of 126 suspects employed in the judicial system with alleged links to the network of Fethullah Gulen, a cleric who Turkey says orchestrated a July 2016 coup attempt.
Frustration mounts in Mozambique’s Beira over food, water shortages after cyclone
The situation in the port city of Beira in Mozambique was “boiling” as residents suffered shortages of food, water and other essentials one week after a devastating cyclone, the head of a South African rescue operation said on Friday.
Erdogan says Trump’s Golan Heights statement threatens new crisis
U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement that it was time to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights has brought the region to the edge of a new crisis, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.
Brexit agreement is the right one: Belgium’s Michel
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said the deal reached by European leaders in the early hours of Friday morning to grant Britain a conditional Brexit delay was the right one and gave clarity.
North Korea pulls out of liaison office with South: Unification Ministry
North Korea on Friday pulled out of a liaison office with South Korea just north of their armed border, in a setback for South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s effort to end hostility and in the wake of a failed summit between the North and the United St…
Russia: Golan Heights status change would violate U.N. decisions – RIA
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that a change in the status of the Golan Heights would be a direct violation of United Nations decisions, RIA news agency said in a report citing ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
Guns and tourists: Aboard the unlikely India-Pakistan ‘friendship bus’
One Friday morning before dawn, a half-empty Volvo coach slipped out of New Delhi’s Ambedkar bus terminal under armed guard, the sirens of a police convoy wailing.
Iran says U.S. recognition of Israel sovereignty over Golan is unacceptable
U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement in favor of recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights is unacceptable, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday, cited by state TV.
